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Geraldo goes ‘Back to Bedlam’ 
Posted by FoM on March 05, 1999 at 14:43:33 PT

On Friday, March 12 (9 p.m., ET), NBC News presents “Back to Bedlam,” an hour-long special reported by Geraldo Rivera, that explores a disturbing trend in America, the criminalization of the mentally ill. 
A special report on the criminalization of the mentally ill Feb. 22, NEW YORK — Far more mentally ill Americans — more than 300,000 — are in jails and prison on any given day than are in mental hospitals. Their crimes are often minor. Sadly, a large number are teenagers. The mentally ill increasingly do not receive psychiatric treatment. As a result, they are sometimes incarcerated for behavior that is out of their control. On Friday, March 12 (9 p.m., ET), NBC News presents “Back to Bedlam,” an hour-long special reported by Geraldo Rivera, that explores a disturbing trend in America, the criminalization of the mentally ill. http://www.msnbc.com/news/243567.asp
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