Episode
Frontline: The Released
Overview
What happens to the mentally ill when they leave America's prisons? Why do they return at such alarming rates ?
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 27
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2009-04-28
Episode context
The Released is Episode 9 in Season 27 of Frontline. It aired on 2009-04-28.
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