{"id":838,"date":"2026-08-23T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muncbiz.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=838"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:59:52","slug":"life-after-prison-for-people-with-mental-illness-the-released-full-documentary-frontline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"Life After Prison for People With Mental Illness | The Released (full documentary) | FRONTLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gDljALWVEAM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this 2009 follow-up to the groundbreaking documentary \u201cThe New Asylums,\u201d FRONTLINE examined what happens to people who are living with mental illness when they leave prison. (Aired 2009)<\/p>\n<p>This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/donate\u200b<\/p>\n<p>In 2005\u2019s \u201cThe New Asylums,\u201d FRONTLINE filmmakers Karen O\u2019Connor and Miri Navasky went deep inside the Ohio prison system as it struggled to provide care to thousands of inmates with mental illness. <\/p>\n<p>In 2009\u2019s \u201cThe Released,\u201d they returned to Ohio to tell the next chapter in this story. That year, more than 700,000 people were expected to be released from prison across the U.S., more than half of them dealing with mental illness. Typically, these people would leave prison with a bus ticket, $75 in cash, and two weeks&#8217; worth of medication to treat their illness. Studies from the time showed that nearly two-thirds of people with mental illness released from prison \u2014  often poor and out of touch with friends and family \u2014  were rearrested within 18 months. \u201cThe Released\u201d offered an intimate look at the lives of people with serious mental illnesses who were released from prison but struggled to remain free.<\/p>\n<p>Explore additional reporting related to &#8220;The Released&#8221; on our website:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/documentary\/released\/<\/p>\n<p>#Documentary #Prison #MentalHealth<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1BycsJW\u200b<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/frontlinepbs\u200b<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/frontlinepbs\u200b<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frontline<\/p>\n<p>FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen.<\/p>\n<p>CHAPTERS:<br \/>\n00:00 &#8211; A Tragic Cycle for People With Mental Illness<br \/>\n9:56 &#8211; For People With Mental Illness, a Difficult Transition to Post-Prison Life<br \/>\n19:29 &#8211; The Revolving Prison Door<br \/>\n26:28 &#8211; A Model for Community Treatment of People With Mental Illness<br \/>\n34:36 &#8211; For People With Serious Mental Illness, \u2018A Huge Social Failure\u2019<br \/>\n43:27 &#8211;  What Comes After Prison Release for People With Serious Mental Illness?<br \/>\n52:47 &#8211; Credits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this 2009 follow-up to the groundbreaking documentary \u201cThe New Asylums,\u201d FRONTLINE examined what happens to people who are living [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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