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Consequences of Nontreatment

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FACT SHEET Consequences of nontreatment (overview)
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"Inmates with mental illnesses on average are six times more expensive to care for than other inmates and their average stay is significantly longer, according to a report from the National GAINS Center, a New York-based group that collects data on mental illness and addiction."
- From "Cycle of despair; Petty offenses keep the homeless swinging between life on the streets and time in jail. Critics say it's an expensive and self-defeating cycle," Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Feb. 3, 2002

FACT SHEET Violence
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FACT SHEET Suicide
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FACT SHEET Victimization
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FACT SHEET Homelessness
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FACT SHEET Criminalization/incarceration
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STATISTICS Number of mentally ill inmates, probationers in US
Bureau of Justice Statistics

RESOURCE Preventable Tragedies database - searchable by state
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STATISTICS Florida’s crime rate at a glance
Florida Department of Law Enforcement

STATISTICS Florida's inmate population broken down by demographics and economics
Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research

RESOURCE Monthly/annual reports of Florida's average inmate populations
Florida Department of Corrections

 

STATISTICS Uniform Crime Reports offense data (includes crime by county and violent crime rates)
Florida Department of Law Enforcement


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