Forsaken: Florida's broken mental health system

In a sustained series of investigative projects published throughout the year, the Sun Sentinel exposed the devastating impact of lawmakers' failure to adequately fund mental health care in Florida, where per capita spending on mental health services is the lowest in the United States.

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Dying For Help

Families of mentally ill people have struggled to find help for their loved ones, only to become victims of their violence.

Death On Their Watch

Some withered away in cells. Others hanged themselves. Broward jail officials have failed to protect some inmates endangered by their mental illnesses.

Trapped: The Crime of Mental Illness

Mentally troubled people face punishment even if they are never convicted, and spend six times longer in the criminal justice system than others.