‘Frontline’

9 p.m., WTTW-Ch. 11

What happens to the hundreds of thousands of mentally ill prisoners released into American communities each year? Typically provided with a bus ticket, $75 in cash and two weeks’ worth of medication, these parolees usually wind up back behind bars in 18 months or less. Parole officers, social workers and psychiatrists examine what obstacles these people face while reintegrating into society in “The Released.”