"Released in September by the US DoJ, "Mental Health Problems of 
Prison and Jail Inmates" reported that as of mid-2005, 705,600 
inmates in state prisons, 70,200 in federal prisons and 479,000 in 
local jails said they had a mental health problem, representing 56 
percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 
percent of jail inmates.

"Even more troubling, more than two-thirds of state prisoners and 
more than half of jail inmates said they had symptoms that met the 
criteria for mania, while 15 percent of state prisoners and 24 
percent of jail inmates reported symptoms of a psychotic 
disorder.  The DOJ report is based on inmates' recent history and 
symptoms of mental disorders."

Nation's Health, November 2006, p 1

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