Fitness & Health
The grant will allow training, timely screening for mental illness and substance abuse, evidence-based treatment and case management
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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
Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses
Johnny Avila Jr., 62, was sentenced to death in 1996 for two counts of first-degree murder
Wesley Ira Purkey’s lawyers said in recent filings he suffers from advancing Alzheimer’s disease
Inmates reported that they have been given inedible food and that they were out of soap for three weeks
While no laws were broken, the DA said a jail isn’t an appropriate environment for inmates with mental illness
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