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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Main Author: Cooper, Jessica (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Social justice
Year: 2017, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 121-141
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Diaz, Ramon
Services for prisoners
Prisoners > Social conditions
Neoliberalism
Prisoners
Mental health courts
Mental Health Services
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Summary: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