Fitness & Health
Officials plan to build a new Men’s Central Jail that will focus on helping inmates with the mental health and substance abuse problems
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Program focused on officers using de-escalation techniques with mentally ill inmates
The new counselor will be an employee of PrimeCare Medical, which provides medical services at the jail under contract with the county
Since the state shuttered its only mental health hospital in 2006, it appears that most patients have landed in the criminal justice system instead of receiving promised help
Higher pay and legislation to forgive student loans are hoped to attract candidates
Attorney said suspect’s outburst only further proved plea of not guilty by reason of insanity
Berks officials among those testifying about mental illness straining prison system
Agency has completed an aggressive initiative to train every employee in Mental Health First Aid
The key thing in the policy is documentation
Legal guardians say inmate’s arms were broken when she was shoved to ground after throwing a paper medicine cup
Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill designed to provide timely competency services to mentally ill defendants