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Mentally Ill Crowd Colorado Prisons
Like many states, Colorado has turned from state hospitals to prisons to provide care for the mentally ill. Since the mid-1970s, Colorado's mental hospitals have shriveled from 6,000 to 600 beds. Spending has dropped from 3.9 percent of the state budget in 1970 to 1.6 percent in 2005.
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