Fuller, Doris A.

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“A minimum of 1 in 4 fatal police encounters ends the life of an individual with severe mental illness. At this rate, the risk of being killed during a police incident is 16 times greater for individuals with untreated mental illness than for other civilians."

“In 2012, the number of mentally ill persons in prisons and jails was 10 times the number remaining in state hospitals."