In thepaper, thefinaldispositionofthosementallydisorderedoffenders was introduced, and therulesaboutcustodytreatmentwere discussedby reviewingthe related researches.
There is now a move to have the NHS taking over responsibility of health care in prisons, and that is resulting in an improvement in health care, although there's still a long way to go, particularly in the treatment of mentallydisordered offenders.
But according to the National Institute of Mental Health, of the 7.7 million Americans who currently qualify as severely mentallydisordered, less than half (3.5 million) never receive treatment.