'The mad and the bad'

From today's edition of The Globe and Mail:

The mentally ill are often saddled with a double stigma, cycling through the justice system without getting treated for underlying disorders. As Dawn Walton reports, the prisons are full of people with mental problems, many of them so-called frequent fliers.

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Corry Grunsky, with granddaughter Cera Smith and mother Mary Lewis, in Edmonton. Drugs became Ms. Grunsky’s crutch – and livelihood – after she was diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder. Convicted of drug dealing, she calls her time in federal prison 'a complete joke.' (John Ulan for The Globe and Mail)