Fitness & Health
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Reforms aimed largely at inmates with mental-health or substance-abuse problems who repeatedly end up in jail on minor offenses
Man shot his mother because she “stole his diamonds and gave his father cancer”
Has much changed since the nation’s high court took a case about the constitutional rights of prisoners in the 1980s?
Attorneys believe his case raises questions about legality of executing mentally ill
49-year-old man remains in a legal limbo because of his mental status
Health officials didn’t follow up with 11 percent of seriously mentally illinmates in the 30 days after their releases despite a court mandate
Of 2,300 inmates currently held at the jail, 40 percent have a mental illness
A committee auditing the Neb. DOC for information of use of segregation found incomplete records
Heard from advocates and officials who emphasized the need for changes in the way inmates with mental illnesses are handled in the state’s jails and prisons
This is about more than your pride — it’s about your safety and the safety of the officers and public who depend on you to watch their back