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FRONTLINE; Released, The
04/17/2009
WGBH EDITED MASTER 1080i 59.94 GREEN LABEL
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Released, The
- Program Number
2713HD001
- Series Description
Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983
- Program Description
This year, hundreds of thousands of prisoners with serious mental illnesses will be released into communities across America, the largest exodus in the nation's history. Typically, mentally ill offenders leave prison with a bus ticket, $75 and two weeks worth of medication. Within 18 months, nearly two-thirds are re-arrested. In this follow up to the film "The New Asylums," FRONTLINE examines what happens to the mentally ill when they leave prison and why they return at such alarming rates. The stories of the released -- along with interviews with parole officers, social workers, and psychiatrists -- provide a rare look at the lives of the mentally ill as they struggle to stay out of prison and reintegrate into society.
- Duration
00:56:46
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- News
- Public Affairs
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Released, The,” 04/17/2009, GBH Archives, accessed December 11, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5FFC8E35F05D453E89368EAF70AE4D45.
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- APA: FRONTLINE; Released, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5FFC8E35F05D453E89368EAF70AE4D45