



Shannon Holten, an inmate at Harris County Jail in Texas, states that she has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Schizophrenia, Insomnia and the Impulse Control Disorder, Trichotillomania. Holten was arrested on charges of drug possession; this is her 26th time behind bars. Her psychiatrist notes that when she fails to take her prescribed medication, she tends to “self-medicate," which has contributed to her frequent arrests and incarcerations. Al Jazeera English hosts an award-winning documentary series, Fault Lines, and this episode examines mental illness within the jail and prison population in the United States.