Fitness & Health
COMPLETE COVERAGE
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
Hearing called for testimony about inmates’ status statewide and prison alternatives, treatment, recidivism and efforts to help them recover
Request is part of the DOC’s response to a long-running federal lawsuit over the treatment of mentally ill inmates
The costs for salary, utilities, food and medical treatment are all big
Michael Anthony Kerr spent the last five days of his life handcuffed in a prison cell, unresponsive, off his mental health medicine, and lying in his feces and urine
