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Tranquillizers prescribed in prisons

Title
Tranquillizers prescribed in prisons
Genre
Interview
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1979
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Duration
00:02:34
Description
Interview on the prescription of tranquillizers in prisons to enable prisoners to cope with the stresses of incarceration, and to control the violent or the mentally ill which mental hospitals have refused to take. Male speaker and female interviewer not identified.
Contributors
None Identified
Keywords
Prisons; Violence; Drugs; Mentally disabled people; Stress; Prisoners; Prescribed drugs; Tranquillising agents

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