Fitness & Health
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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
Inmates claim the facility offers inadequate treatment and medication, and often punishes them with extended solitary confinement or excessive force
The monitoring plan is aimed at making sure the ADOC follows the remedial orders
The rare action follows a multiyear investigation into the practices at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail
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