For homeless people incapacitated by mental illness in Hawaii, years go by and nothing changes. They’re trapped. And their families struggle to get them help, despite a law passed five years ago that was supposed to offer a way out. Allyson Blair goes inside the effort to get these people treated, and shows what happens when they finally receive help.
Watch the official Prescribing Hope: Trapped on the Streets 2019 trailer in HD below.
United States 22 April 2019
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