This young person’s mental illness has led to many inadequate treatment and housing options, and extensive dual involvement in both the mental health system and juvenile justice system. This reporting explains why one young man, despite being deemed incompetent to serve trial by the court, chose to go to prison in an attempt to get psychiatric treatment that wasn’t accessible outside of the criminal justice system. Watch this reporting for more information on what youth across the country are facing.

Government Shutdown Impacts On Federal Prisons
In our newsletter this week, we looked at some of the Stolen Lives from Butner Federal Medical Center in North Carolina, the federal Bureau of