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Mental care for ex-convicts weighed in Iowa |
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Monday, 23 April 2007 |
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By JASON CLAYWORTH
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
DesMoinesRegister.com
Bhasker Dave has seen what can happen when Iowans with mental health
problems are released from prison but cannot afford medication to
manage their illnesses once they are free.
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They do OK at first,
largely because of the one-month supply of medication provided by the
state. But when that runs out, the former convicts can go downhill
quickly.
It's a problem for all Iowans, even those with no
direct link with such inmates, said Dave, superintendent of the Mental
Health Institute in Independence. Why? Because the estimated 900 people
with mental illnesses released from Iowa prisons each year end up back
behind bars at a rate nearly that of other inmates.
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