Dr. Elizabeth Ford was the former Director of Forensic Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital and the Chief of Psychiatry at Rikers Island. Dr. Ford has spent the majority of her 20-year career working to improve treatment for incarcerated people with serious mental illness. She is currently the Director of Mental Health/Criminal Justice Initiatives and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University. Eileen and Dr. Ford discuss mental illness treatment within the prison system, how jails function as the largest psych wards in the United States, and the work being done to improve care behind bars.
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