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Ohio’s prisons hold 10 times as many mentally ill as its psychiatric hospitals do

The largest provider of mental-health services in Ohio is easy to find: Look no farther than the nearest state prison. More than 10,500 people in Ohio prisons, more than 1 in 5, have a diagnosed mental illness. There are 10 times as many mentally ill inmates as there are patients in Ohio’s six psychiatric hospitals.

 

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