http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/17/opinion/edprison.html
"Mentally ill inmates who are dumped onto the streets without access to care drive up incarceration costs by going back to jail again and again. The smarter approach would be to ensure that eligible inmates had disability and Medicaid benefits in hand before they left jail. Setting up the new administrative process might not be easy, but it would more than pay for itself down the line."
