User:Aditikmn/Homelessness in California
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=== Deinstitutionalization ['''''and a growing mental health crisis]''''' === |
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The United States pursued a policy of [[deinstitutionalization]] from the 1960s through the 1980s, closing |
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=== [Incarceration or The justice system?] === |
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As mental hospitals closed, the prison system expanded, shifting many people with serious mental illness from hospitals to jails and prisons. By 2012 there were about ten times as many mentally ill people [[Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons|incarcerated in the United States]] as there were in hospitals.[''[[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Questionable sources|better source needed]]''] |
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More than 75% of homeless adults in California report having been jailed or imprisoned. Recent California reforms meant to reduce mass incarceration have released many mentally ill prisoners, who face particular challenges in finding housing due to their mental health needs, incarceration-related trauma, and the stigma of criminal records.[''[[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Questionable sources|better source needed]]''] (INSERT BETTER SOURCE) |
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A survey of homeless adults in California found that 19% had become homeless directly from an institutional setting such as a jail or prison. Most reported having received no sort of transitional services to prevent homelessness. |
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=== [Job insecurity and low wages] === |
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(could be a paragraph in housing crisis too because rent is increasing faster than wages are increasing) |
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