A FRONTLINE documentary, The Released,
will be shown on Saturday, September 14, 2013, in the Colfax Auditorium
at the Main Library, 304 South Main in downtown South Bend, from 10:30
am until noon. The Released looks
into the lives of mentally ill ex-offenders and their struggle to
remain out of prison. Following the viewing of the documentary Kathleen Bondi, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker, will talk about services available at Oaklawn Psychiatric Center. This program is free and open to the public. For more information call 574-807-4937 or email clashe1952@hotmail.com
will be shown on Saturday, September 14, 2013, in the Colfax Auditorium
at the Main Library, 304 South Main in downtown South Bend, from 10:30
am until noon. The Released looks
into the lives of mentally ill ex-offenders and their struggle to
remain out of prison. Following the viewing of the documentary Kathleen Bondi, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker, will talk about services available at Oaklawn Psychiatric Center. This program is free and open to the public. For more information call 574-807-4937 or email clashe1952@hotmail.com
About the Film
In the United States, more than 700,000 people will leave prison this
year, more than half of them mentally ill. Typically, these offenders
leave prison with a bus ticket, $75 in cash and two weeks’ worth of
medication. Studies show that within 18 months, nearly two-thirds of
mentally ill offenders — often poor and cut off from friends and family
— are re-arrested. FRONTLINE’s documentary The Released follows the paths of six mentally ill inmates after they served time in Ohio’s prison system.