– The incarcerated mentally ill and/or prison overcrowding
Be sure that you are using proper APA format and that you have at least one Peer-Reviewed Article in your research. Below is one video to add some additional insight into the subject matter. Please be sure you are doing your own research for this assignment.
Tackling the issues of prison overcrowding and mental illness among inmates
Duration: 5:36
User: n/a – Added: 7/17/13
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VryE_UBG7qc
Violent, overcrowded Alabama prisons hit a breaking point
Duration: 9:30
User: n/a – Added: 4/8/16
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zs4EhjwPnc
Pick one of the two discussion questions below; please be sure to present research to support your discussion and document that research in APA format. Your initial post should be in by 11:59 p.m .EST on Wednesday, minimum of 350 words count. (Must watch the video summery and opinion, and pick one of the two questions below)
1) Why are there so many mentally ill persons housed in jails and prisons? What can be done to address the problem?
2) What are the dangers of prison overcrowding, as well as, strategies to overcome or minimize the dangers?
