Overview of State Hospital Systems across the States, 2023: A Prevention Over Punishment Supplement
This PDF is a supplement to our 2024 report Prevention Over Punishment: Finding the Right Balance of Civil and Forensic State Psychiatric Hospital Beds, which offers more detailed information about the state-hospital system across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For a more comprehensive understanding of the role that state hospitals play in the national continuum of care, as well as details on methodology and data sources, we recommend reading the complete report.
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