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Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Use of Restrictive Housing for Inmates with Mental Illness (July 2017)

This review examines the BOP’s use of RHUs for inmates with mental illness, including trends in the use of restrictive housing and the screening, treatment, and monitoring of inmates with mental illness who are housed in RHUs.

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