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Mental health 'lottery' in prison

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Published Date: 27 May 2008
PRISONERS are not getting the mental health service they need and face a postcode lottery for funding, according to a report today from the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
Only £300 per prisoner is spent on mental health each year – just a third of the sum spent on people with mental health problems in the community.


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  • Last Updated: 27 May 2008 11:31 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
 

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