Fitness & Health
The new service will be bolstered by a grant-funded mental health program that will have a new staff member helping inmates with mental health and opioid addiction
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The report called for COs and incarcerated people to receive early access to the COVID-19 vaccine
Something as simple as guided visualization trips to the beach can help build resiliency in jobs where it seems impossible to relax
The two-year investigation looked at mental health care of inmates and whether it led to self-harm or death
Edmond Hightower had a history of assaulting inmates in the jail over the years and was flagged in 2013 to be placed in an isolated cell to protect other inmates
The grant will allow training, timely screening for mental illness and substance abuse, evidence-based treatment and case management
Jail officials testified about the need to give inmates with serious mental health problems proper treatment
A coroner said medical staff did not recognize for more than 25 minutes that the inmate had stopped breathing
Charles Enoch is charged with first-degree misdemeanor assault in the November 2018 attack of an inmate with a mental illness
With the number of people with mental health issues booked into jails increasing each year, crisis intervention training is becoming increasingly important