Is prison the wrong place for them? Verkkoparticularly as black americans are incarcerated in state prisons at a rate of nearly five times that of white americans, the issue of reentry is one that. Verkkoup to a third of those incarcerated have serious mental illnesses, a much higher rate than is found at large. On any given day, approximately 380,000. Verkkoin this sense, mental illness in prison could be attributable to importation and deprivation. Verkkounprepared for life on the outside and confronted by structural hurdles to obtaining employment, the formerly incarcerated person’s marginalized. Verkkoin the case of prisoners, research drawing on legal consciousness has examined how and why incarcerated individuals and prison staff in california.
