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Panorama: Bedlam Behind Bars 

10/07/2014 GMT

Bedlam Behind Bars 

BBC World News - Panorama, Bedlam Behind Bars

Reporter Hilary Andersson examines a crisis today in America's prison system.

With exclusive access to two US jails, reporter Hilary Andersson finds America's prisons are now having to accommodate vast numbers of inmates with serious mental health problems.

There's a crisis today in America's prison system which has little to do with crime. It contributes to the abuse and even the deaths of some prisoners at the hands of those paid to take care of them. With exclusive access to two US jails, reporter Hilary Andersson finds America's prisons are now having to accommodate vast numbers of inmates with serious mental health problems. The programme reveals that more than a million mentally troubled Americans are imprisoned and may be chained to beds, sprayed with pepper spray and kept in isolation indefinitely.

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