Fitness & Health
The new policies are aimed at steering people with mental health issues toward treatment instead of jail
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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
After announcing he’d close two prisons amid a $1.7 billion budget deficit, Gov. Tom Wolf plans to shutter residential mental health facilities
The grant will help create clinic and intake support teams to dually assist inmates with mental health needs and provide reinforcement to COs during peak incident times
More than 50 people sent a letter to the governor asking him to support Ricky Gray’s request to have his sentence commuted to life in prison
One of the most important factors necessary for good mental health is resilience
More than a quarter of the state’s 35 death row inmates have evidence of an intellectual disability or traumatic brain injury