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Mental Illness and the Prison Industrial Complex

A new documentary on PBS called “The Definition of Insanity” examines mental illlness and the prison industrial complex. Steven Leifman, a judge for the eleventh circuit court of Florida, joins the program alongside Norm Ornstein, a resident scholar at The American Enterprise Institute, who helped commission the documentary.
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Season 2026 Episode 8146
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Season 2026 Episode 8144
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Ellie Geranmayeh; Ghassan Hasbani; Keisha Lance Bottoms; Richard Just; Seyi Arongundade;Emma Rowland
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Marjorie Taylor Greene; Muhammad Saeed; Daniel Yergin
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Season 2026 Episode 8138
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Serhii Plokhy; Billy Crudup; Denise Gough; Emily Galvin Almanza
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Season 2026 Episode 8137
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Volodymyr Zelensky; Mark Rutte; Roberta Metsola; Sen. Roger Wicker; Jesús Armas; Margaret Hany
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Season 2026 Episode 8136
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Season 2026 Episode 8135
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