Trapped: The Limits of Care in California's Mental Health Courts

The article discusses the psychiatric care offered by mental health courts to prisoners in California, including the impact that U.S. neoliberalism has on options for prisoners. An overview of the prisoner Ramon Diaz's experience in the Santa Clara, California's mental health courts, inclu...

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Autor principal: Cooper, Jessica (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
En: Social justice
Año: 2017, Volumen: 44, Número: 1, Páginas: 121-141
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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Palabras clave:
Diaz, Ramon
Services for prisoners
Prisoners > Social conditions
Neoliberalism
Prisoners
Mental health courts
Mental Health Services
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Sumario:The article discusses the psychiatric care offered by mental health courts to prisoners in California, including the impact that U.S. neoliberalism has on options for prisoners. An overview of the prisoner Ramon Diaz's experience in the Santa Clara, California's mental health courts, including his desire to serve his prison time instead of receiving psychiatric care and Judge Stephen V. Manley's anger at this, is provided.
ISSN:2327-641X