Foreword = ix
Preface = xv
Acknowledgments = xxxi
Introduction = 1
Part I: The mental health crisis
1. The mentally ill behind bars = 9
2. Why so many prisoners develop mental disorders = 39
3. The failure of current mental health programs = 65
Part II: What goes in behind bars
4. Racism: a mental health hazard = 93
5. Special problems for women = 113
6. Rape and posttraumatic stressdisorder = 137
7. Lack of contact with loved ones = 157
8. Prison suicide = 175
Part III: An immodest proposal
9. The possibilities and limits of litigation = 193
10 Recommendations for treatment and rehabilitation = 217
11 The folly of law and order = 257
Endnotes = 275
For further reading = 287
About the author = 291
Index = 293
Preface = xv
Acknowledgments = xxxi
Introduction = 1
Part I: The mental health crisis
1. The mentally ill behind bars = 9
2. Why so many prisoners develop mental disorders = 39
3. The failure of current mental health programs = 65
Part II: What goes in behind bars
4. Racism: a mental health hazard = 93
5. Special problems for women = 113
6. Rape and posttraumatic stressdisorder = 137
7. Lack of contact with loved ones = 157
8. Prison suicide = 175
Part III: An immodest proposal
9. The possibilities and limits of litigation = 193
10 Recommendations for treatment and rehabilitation = 217
11 The folly of law and order = 257
Endnotes = 275
For further reading = 287
About the author = 291
Index = 293