After Imprisoning Patients, Idaho OKs New Mental Health Facility — ProPublica

The Idaho Legislature has approved funding for a 26-bed facility after ProPublica found that state lawmakers and officials ignored repeated warnings about the practice of locking up mentally ill patients who hadn’t been convicted of a crime.

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