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• Half of U.S. Jail and Prison Inmates Have Mental Health Problems, New Study Finds (9/6/06)
• State Supreme Court Urged to Overrule Jailing of Foster Youth (5/2/06)
• Issue Brief Lists Best Practices in Discharge Planning for Prisoners with Mental Illnesses (2/16/06)
  Online Handbook Addresses Criminalization of People with Mental Illnesses (1-11-06)
• Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Goodman v. Georgia (1-10-06)
• Staff attorney Tammy Seltzer live interview on Correction Connection (10-12-05)
• Supreme Court to Consider Prisoners' ADA Rights (7/19/05)
• Bazelon Mental Health Policy Reporter: Bazelon Center Calls on President to Help People with Mental Illnesses Transition from Jail to the Community (2/23/04)
• California Kids with Mental Illness Warehoused in Juvenile Detention (1/24/05)
• Lawmakers Pass Mental Health / Criminal Justice Bill (10/12/04)
• Thousands of Children with Mental Illness Warehoused in Juvenile Detention Centers Awaiting Mental Health Services (7/7/04)
• Testimony by Tammy Seltzer, Bazelon Center Senior Staff Attorney before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (7/7/04)
• New Survey Examines Link Between Gaps in Mental Healthcare and Juvenile Detention (7/2/04)
• Campaign for Mental Health Reform: Advocates Praise Efforts to Address Criminalization of People with Mental Illnesses (6/22/04)
• Booklet Explains Recovery Of Federal Benefits by People with Disabilities on Release from Jail or Prison (3/12/04)
• Bazelon Mental health Policy Reporter: Bazelon Center Calls on President to Help People with Mental Illnesses Transition from Jail to the Community (2/23/04)
• Bazelon Center Statement on the President’s Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative (1/21/04)
• Advocates: Lack of Services Means More Jail Time for NY Parolees with Serious Mental Illnesses (10/21/03)
• Lawsuit Alleges Civil Rights Violations in Cook County Jail (8/12/03)
• U.S. Senate Confronts Criminalization of People with Mental Illness (7/30/03)
• Victory for Inmates with Mental Illnesses (1/27/03)
• Mental Health Advocates Oppose City's Move to Recover Litigation Expenses from Murder Victim's Family (10/24/02)
• Bazelon Center Statement on the Criminalization of People with Mental Illnesses (6/11/02)
• Federal Jury Awards $5.4 Million in Damages for Solitary Confinement of Prisoner with Schizophrenia (3/10/99)