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About 28 percent of California's prison inmates have a mental illness, about 33,000 people.

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Prison officials have 60 days to revise their policies for using pepper spray and isolation units.

By Julie Small The number of inmates with mild to severe mental illness has grown to 37,000 in California, about a quarter of the prison population. A series of lawsuits brought by inmates against the state over the last two decades has exposed a correctional system poorly equipped to handle their extraordinary needs. Now California

Prison officials have 60 days to revise their policies for using pepper spray and isolation units.

The new policy is to comply with a federal court order to stop "horrific" use of force.

The severely mentally ill [SMI] suffer greatly when put in isolation cells; this is the most inappropriate housing for such persons. This isolation concept l...

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