Fitness & Health
They stay longer, return more frequently and often aren’t connected with the treatment they need after they leave
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Eighteen months after a mentally ill inmate was found in a Harris County jail cell in squalor, two jailers have been indicted and relieved of duty
Pair accused of leaving mentally ill inmateunattended for weeks
Mentally ill inmates who act out can get counseling instead of being automatically sent to isolation cells or kept in prison longer
Thirty percent of the more than 12,000 people in the jail’s custody have a mental illness, and most of those are receiving psychiatric medications
A new study by the University of Denver states that further study into the brain injuries of inmates may lead toward better treatment options
The facility is the result of lawsuits and a DOJ report stating inmates were at “risk of serious harm”
Director Scott Frakes told lawmakers Tuesday that having mental health services scattered throughout the state isn’t an effective use of resources
With a March 17 execution date looming, attorneys for Cecil Clayton are arguing that residual brain damage from a 1972 sawmill accident has rendered him incompetent and he therefore cannot be executed
Constant exposure to this criminal underworld instigates more officer turnover than any other factor
“Boxing makes you make decisions fast, and I need to make decisions fast in life”