The Released
Lyn Moore
Paranoid schizophrenia
has delusional thoughts about bin laden.
did not stay on his medication because he believed he was cured, therefore he stopped taking it.
was sentenced to 8 months in prison for breaking and entering
arrested and released a total of 20 times
during the time of filming, it was his fourth time back in prison
he was released with no parole or supervision
first day of freedom, he goes to a shelter in canton, oh called "refuge of hope"
they take their breathalyzer and if they fail it, they will be removed from the facility for 30 days.
Moore failed his breathalyzer, was removed from the shelter, unknown whereabouts until he was arrested again for criminal damage.
spent 30 days in jail, was released, and then arrested again a week later
Bennie anthony
film crew met him in 2004 in a mental health unit in orient, oh
a year after meeting him, he was released.
classic repeat offender; third time in prison
been arrested 10 times, 3 arrests in a month
arrested for retail theft, harassment, defiant traspass, broken into biildings for food, open lewdness which are all related to his mental illness
Mental patient since 1974
found a room at a group home in wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania with the help of the mental court
mental court provides assistance with medication, rooms, and food. However, they cannot force them to take their medication when they refuse, but can instead let them know what happens if they dont
William stokes
schizophrenia, long history of refusing medication
been in prison 3 times; would become agitated and out of control when he stopped taking his medication, therefore, within a month, he is back behind bars
without medication, he has psychotic epsiodes. completely different person when he takes it because he abised the rules, listens, etc.
completed 21 month sentence for theft and was released again
with the prisons help, he got accepted into a group home that provides mental health treatment in Ohio
currently living in bridge view manor in ashtabula with 15 other schizophrenic men
this is the only facility that takes in the mentally ill and offers treatment
it is a residential facility that is designed to meet housing needs: no predetermined length of stay, have access to individual mental health therapy, partial hospitalization programming, and case management.
Keith williams
did well under supervision, but after he went off parole, he went to Pittsburg, stopped taking his medication, and then became homeless within a month
Represents failure of deinstitutionalization
he finished his 2 year sentence and was released but was taken to a homeless shelter. within a month, he was back in jail
5 years later, he was found at one of the last remaining state psychiatric hospital
has extensive history psychiatric admissions and a variety of diagnosis
He has schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and it is his 18th admission to the facility.
once he is released, he would be noncompliant, and then end up back into jail or the hospital
The psychiatric hospital once house 5,000 mentally ill patients.
today, there are only 110; they are only held for short-term crisis care.
Once he is released from the facility, he is responsible for taking his own medication.
Community Mental Health System
big failure
went from institutionalization to nothing
you can find better health care in incarceration than you would in the community
state psychiatric hospitals closed in the 1970's
people who were mentally ill had nowhere to turn to
as a result, prisons became the new asylums
issues for those coming out of incarceration includes nonexistent or very poor psychiatric treatment
they are being released with 1-2 weeks of medication and are told to follow up with the agency
this assumes that they have the cognitive capacity and judgment to continue their medications as prescribed
they are given medication, they take it, they run out or lose it, they get in trouble, and then the cycle continues.
isolated from family, lack of support, and not on probation or parole.