Mental health services in prisons are not getting the investment they need to provide adequate care, experts say. Researchers found £300 a year is spent per prisoner on mental health care - a third what is spent on people with severe problems in the community. The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and Lincoln University team also identified regional variations in spending after analysing NHS figures.
Prison health 'needs cash boost' - BBC Health News 25th May 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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