Fitness & Health
About 80 percent of inmates at the Ford County Jail alone are believed to have some type of mental health issue
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Urging governor to intervene in case of autistic inmate who allegedly assaulted a corrections officer
A new bill would prevent the solitary confinement of mentally ill inmates for more than 30 days
Dixon Correctional Center will have an expanded mental health unit
Michael Ferrara Jr. was just hours away from his release from prison when he was strangled inside his cell
Department asking governor to include $28.4M to hire 448 people and install an electronic medical records system
Cautioned that the ambitious plan de Blasio announced Tuesday will face enormous challenges
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
