Prisons & Policing Why Are We Using Prisons to Treat the Mentally Ill? By Brave New Films, Brave New Foundation Published October 10, 2014 Share Share via Facebook Share via Twitter Share via Email OverCriminalized tackles how police handle mental health, substance abuse and homelessness. Your support helps keep Truthout ad-free. Unlike most news sites, we don’t run ads, have a paywall or sell your info. Instead, we rely on donations from readers to keep Truthout online. But we’re running out of time to raise the $16,000 needed to meet our publishing costs this month. If you like what we’re doing, please take a few seconds to support our work! Donate Now Truthout