Chapter
The Homeless and Mentally Ill are Suffering Due to a Lack of Access to Treatment
15:14 - 25:25 (10:10)
Homeless people with mental illness oftentimes lack access to proper healthcare, causing them to either be incarcerated, ignored, or passed through a revolving door from one agency to the next.
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Without a coherent system of mental health care, homeless people with mental illness are swept out of view, either incarcerated, ignored, or passed through the revolving door from social service agency to jail to psychiatric hospital, then back to an agency again.
15:14 - 19:24 (04:10)
Summary
Without a coherent system of mental health care, homeless people with mental illness are swept out of view, either incarcerated, ignored, or passed through the revolving door from social service agency to jail to psychiatric hospital, then back to an agency again. As of 2019, Florida spends nearly a quarter of its funds for state mental health treatment facilities, around $135 million, on just 1,500 beds, serving about 2,500 people.
ChapterThe Homeless and Mentally Ill are Suffering Due to a Lack of Access to Treatment
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: 'Why Was Joshua Held for More Than Two Years for Someone Else’s Crimes?'
PodcastThe Daily
Hawaii battles with limited successful programs, civil liberty concerns, and urban legends surrounding the migration of mentally ill individuals, causing high rates of homelessness in the state.
19:24 - 20:53 (01:29)
Summary
Hawaii battles with limited successful programs, civil liberty concerns, and urban legends surrounding the migration of mentally ill individuals, causing high rates of homelessness in the state.
ChapterThe Homeless and Mentally Ill are Suffering Due to a Lack of Access to Treatment
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: 'Why Was Joshua Held for More Than Two Years for Someone Else’s Crimes?'
PodcastThe Daily
The staff at Hawaii State Hospital mistook Thomas Castleberry with Joshua Spreestersbach, an existing patient, leading to his incorrect arrest and wrongful institutionalization for two years.
20:54 - 25:25 (04:30)
Summary
The staff at Hawaii State Hospital mistook Thomas Castleberry with Joshua Spreestersbach, an existing patient, leading to his incorrect arrest and wrongful institutionalization for two years.