Fitness & Health
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The new policies are aimed at steering people with mental health issues toward treatment instead of jail
Correctional officials have said they put the inmates in solitary confinement to protect them from themselves and others
Encouraging more communication between inmates and their families is one way the DOC is helping address the potential for self-harm
I hope to see improvement in how law enforcement manages the mentally ill offender
The findings reflect a trend in recent decades when Maine prisons and jails increasingly house mentally ill inmates who cannot find care in psychiatric facilities
The House of Delegates voted not to confirm state Inspector General June Jennings, whose office has been accused of not adequately investigating the death of Jamycheal Mitchell
SCI-Retreat, the largest employer by far in Newport Township, was one of five state prisons being considered for closure
The goal is to divert people with mental illnesses away from the jail, which provides services to more than 2,000 inmates every year
Lawmakers say there is bipartisan support for reforming the state’s mental health care system and the way inmates receive treatment
Earlier trial testimony had shown that not all acutely suicidal inmates were under constant watch, even though that is a national standard