Fitness & Health
Seven employees at a Taylorsville prison have lost their jobs in an ongoing investigation into the death of a mentally ill inmate who had been held in solitary confinement
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Proposed that appeals process of court decision that found grossly substandard conditions in DOC be halted
Thirty-eight percent of the state’s prisoner population has a mental illness
Huge gaps remain in how Wisconsin treats people with mental illnesses who run afoul of the law
Judge: “It’s extremely upsetting to see people treated in such an inhumane manner”
It’s an age-old dilemma, a legal conundrum in Washington and the nation, the byproduct of a judicial system trying to be fair to people with mental illness
Accused of gross negligence, incompetence, unprofessional conduct and inadequate record-keeping in his treatment of inmates
Some of the inmates are being forced to comply with medication orders; others are to be moved to new cells
Discussion on how almost $700,000 from a mental health property tax levy is spent by the McLean County Center for Human Services
Report recommends eliminating use of solitary for mentally ill inmates as a punishment
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