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Thousands of Youth With Mental Illness Incarcerated Unnecessarily

July 15, 2004
At a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Rep. Waxman and Senator Collins release a Special Investigations Division report revealing that nearly 2,000 youth are incarcerated each day because community mental health services are unavailable. In 33 states, youth are locked up in detention facilities to wait for treatment even though no charges have been filed against them.

- The Report

Representative Waxman's statement