Fitness & Health
Union: “There is simply not enough staff to maintain order and safely house and rehabilitate the inmate population”
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About 80 percent of inmates at the Ford County Jail alone are believed to have some type of mental health issue
Victoria Lynn Stover was ordered Wednesday to undergo a mental health evaluation through Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake
Andrew Brannan is to be executed Tuesday for the 1998 slaying of Laurens County sheriff’s deputy Kyle Dinkheller
Will be diverted to special treatment units instead of being put in isolated cells
Same problem apparently found in new Stockton complex
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