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Half of Women on Probation or Parole Experience Mental Illness

Categories: Crime/Justice,Mental Health,Women

http://www.samhsa.gov/data/spotlight/Spot063WomenParole2012.pdf

Reports that rates of serious mental illness were 3 times higher for women who had been on probation or parole than for women who had not been on either status.   From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration