Test Your Knowledge: Mental Health in the American Criminal Justice System

What is a widespread problem in American prisons that is worse for mentally afflicted individuals?
Solitary confinement
Guard abuse
Lack of medical assistance
All of the above
Mentally afflicted prisoners have a noticeably higher suicide rate than other prisoners.
True
False
Inmates with mental health disorders are how likely to return to prison at least once?
35%
50%
70%
80%
What % of mentally afflicted individuals will likely spend some point in their lives in prison?
40%
25%
15%
30%
How expensive do you think incarcerating people with serious mental illnesses in 2017 was?
$40 billion for federal, $33 billion for states
$54 billion for federal, $46 billion for states
$71 billion for federal, $66 billion for states
$80 billion for federal, $71 billion for states
Many mentally ill individuals awaiting trial have committed violent crimes; for those in prisons, they are serving time for those crimes
True
False
There isn't a lot that can be done about the situation taking COVID and the worse states of prisons into consideration
True
False
Neither
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