Condemned as evil, mental hospitals closed, leading to fragmented system. Dec. 20, 2012— -- It took filmmaker Lucy Winer several decades to come to terms with having been locked up in a ...

Pushing people into locked institutions and forcing treatment won’t solve homelessness,” said an ACLU attorney.

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Louisiana has shuttered most of its state-run mental institutions. The patchwork system that emerged leaves glaring gaps, experts say, exacerbating problems with crime and homelessness.