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We have a similar situation over here. The percentage of the prison population, thought to be suffering serious mental illness is very high. Hell of a lot of the prison population are learning disabled as well, which tends to keep them (when they aren't in the prison system) hidden from view, much less likely to be seeing a doctor regularly, or be in regular employment, so much easier to slip unseen from mild to serious mental issues. Lot of people spend their whole lives slipping through the nets and never quite being recognised for what they are.
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