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Mental Disorder Not Treated in Jails, Prisons

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A disability rights advocate says the sentencing this week ofa sex offender with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder highlights the shortage of mental health treatment in Wisconsin jails and prisons. Gil Halsted reports…

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