Trapped: Mental Illness in America's Prisons | 2008 | dir. Jenn Ackerman
7:01 | Documentary/Experimental | USA | World Premiere

Synopsis: The continuous withdrawal of mental health funding has turned jails and prisons across the nation into the default mental health facilities. The system designed for security is now trapped with treating mental illness and the mentally ill are often trapped inside the system with nowhere else to go.

Bio/Director/Artist Statement: Jenn Ackerman has an excitement for storytelling and believes when a photographer makes you feel something with an image you can no longer forget it exists. She studied photojournalism at The Danish School of Journalism and recently received a master's degree in photography from Ohio University.