Data Source: Civil Commitment Working Group, Inside Illinois Civil Commitment: 'Treatment Behind Razor Wire' (2022). Note that the rate of self-reported disability in Rushville is an underestimate; the state uses having a psychiatric disability as a criterion for admission. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2023)
This graph originally appeared in What is civil commitment? Recent report raises visibility of this shadowy form of incarceration.
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