April 25, 2014 | OVI / DUI Penalties

US Prisons have become the de facto asylums for the mentally ill in America. As criminal defense attorneys, we are concerned that the mentally ill have become fixtures in the prison system, not receiving the help they need.

We created this visualization to help you understand how this is happening. We wrote more about the role prisons play as mental illness factories on our NKY DUI site if you would like to read more.