Incarceration can trigger and worsen symptoms of mental illness — and those effects can last long after someone leaves the prison gates.
Arrest, Release, Repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social problems
Conversations about local jails being filled with people who need medical care and social services are becoming more frequent, but until now, these conversations have been missing three fundamental data points: how many people go to jail each year, how many return, and which underlying problems fuel this cycle.