Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 24, 2007
Reports of overcrowding and failed discharge planning are the subject of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's sixth story in series investigating Georgia's mental health system. The U.S. Department of Justice is currently investigating why more than 5,000 patients were discharged to bus stations, homeless shelters, or motels, only to return 40 or more times. Between 2002-2006, 115 people died in a state hospitals, there were 190 cases of physical and sexual abuse, and another 10 people died as a result of discharge planning.
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