Shackling The Mentally Ill

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On The Level with Jeff Hutton

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Tens of thousands of people around the world with real and perceived mental illnesses are unwillingly caged or chained in confined spaces sometimes for years. Covid 19 is making matters worse as families re-confine relatives, once freed owing to life changing medication, because the pandemic has disrupted supplies. Human Rights Watch's Kriti Sharma joins to discuss the awful practice.