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They should be in hospitals but because of system failures they languish in jails. Mothers tell of their suffering (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)

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Neglected and abused, state patients endure prison ‘nightmare’

They should be in hospitals but because of system failures they languish in jails. Mothers tell of their suffering

Sheree Bega
Eunice Masson