It's time to de-criminalize mental illness.
National research by the Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs' Association shows that Americans with serious mental illnesses are three times more likely to end up in jail or prison, rather than a mental hospital.
The rate is even worse in Ohio, where it's four times more likely they'll be incarcerated. Between 2004-2005, Ohio had 10,260 inmates with a serious mental illness, compared with 2,536 people hospitalized.
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