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Why has the Problem Not Been Solved?

This has become a much more prevalent issue in today’s society. In the past six decades there have been a large number of closures of state mental hospitals and other institutional facilities that help people with disabilities. The number of Americans that seek help from these institutions dropped very quickly from 560,000 in 1955 to only about 70,000 in 1994. Many of these institutions closed due to  inefficient  amount of funds. As these  institutions have been shut down, this problem has begin to become a large issue again.   (Cassidy , W., Brown, K., & Jackson,  M, 2012) 
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How Common is the Problem?

In the United States alone, more than 50% of the prison population has some type of mental illness. Along with this, about 26% of inmates reported a hearing, visual, or mobility disability.  People behind bars in state and federal prisons are nearly three times as likely to report having a disability as the  non-incarcerated  population.  ( Cassidy, W., Brown, K., & Jackson,  M, 2012) 
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Whats the Problem?

Prisoners with disabilities are not provided enough treatment and care as they need to accommodate for their disabilities. 
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