Five years ago, FRONTLINE's groundbreaking film, The New Asylums, went deep inside the Ohio prison system as it struggled to provide care to thousands of mentally ill inmates. This year, FRONTLINE filmmakers Karen O'Connor and Miri Navasky return to Ohio to tell the next chapter in this disturbing story: what happens to mentally ill offenders when they leave prison. The Released is an intimate look at the lives of the seriously mentally ill as they struggle to remain free.
i worked for a stint for a inbetween agency in TX. still this documentary hit pretty hard even though i knew what to expect. its just sad reality. we suck at taking care of our comunity worse then wild animals sometimes. wow its not a happy story but its serious and well done and worth watching.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/released/view/
