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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1. VerfasserIn: Cooper, Jessica (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: Social justice
Jahr: 2017, Band: 44, Heft: 1, Seiten: 121-141
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Diaz, Ramon
Services for prisoners
Prisoners > Social conditions
Neoliberalism
Prisoners
Mental health courts
Mental Health Services
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Zusammenfassung: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