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16 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 409 (2008)
Raising the Bars: A Comparative Look at Treatment Standards for Mentally Ill Prisoners in the United States, united Kingdom, and Australia

handle is hein.journals/cjic16 and id is 413 raw text is: NOTES RAISING THE BARS: A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR MENTALLY ILL PRISONERS IN THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, AND AUSTRALIA Kim P. Turner* I. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 410 II. THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND AUSTRALIA: STATISTICS, JURISPRUDENCE, AND STATUTES .............................................. 414 A . United States ....................................... 415 1. U.S.-Snapshot: The Incarcerated Mentally Ill . 415 a. Sub-Standard Care and the Revolving Door of Incarceration ..................... 416 b. Inappropriate Rehabilitation Environm ents ............................. 418 2. U.S. - Jurisprudence ........................... 419 a. Prisoner Medical Treatment Under the Eighth Amendment ....................... 419 b. The Eighth Amendment: Encompassing M ental Health ............................. 420 c. Defining Deliberate Indifference In Effort to Challenge Treatment Conditions ................................. 421 d. Articulating More Detailed Treatment Standards .................................. 423 3. U.S. - Statutory Approach ..................... 424 B. United Kingdom ................................... 426 1. U.K. - Snapshot: The Incarcerated, Mentally Ill .............................................. 426 2. U.K. - Jurisprudence ......................... 427 a. General Duties to Mentally Ill Prisoners . 428 * Executive Editor, Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2007- 2008. J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, May 2008. I dedicate this Note to my brother, James, and to my parents.

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