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• New mental health program in Ind. aims to limit incarcerations

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  Participants will receive mental health treatment and counseling while residing in a work release center

• Colo. jail uses grant to contract new medical provider

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  The new service will be bolstered by a grant-funded mental health program that will have a new staff member helping inmates with mental health and opioid addiction

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  6 things bodycams can do that fixed cameras can’t

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  Body-worn cameras have become necessities for correctional facilities, rather than nice-to-have supplements to fixed camera surveillance

• The challenges facing jails and prisons in 2021

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  Correctional leaders should commit themselves and their staff to apply lessons learned from the challenges of 2020 into policies and emergency planning

• Roundtable: How COVID-19 challenged corrections in 2020

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  The coronavirus impacted all aspects of correctional facility operations – from staffing to officer wellness

• 3 trends that will impact correctional healthcare in 2021

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  Healthcare will remain the largest uncontrollable expense in corrections — COVID-19 has only exacerbated this trend

• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• The value of mental health breaks in corrections

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  Something as simple as guided visualization trips to the beach can help build resiliency in jobs where it seems impossible to relax

• Mass. DOC accused of conditions that led inmates to engage in 'self-harm'

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  The two-year investigation looked at mental health care of inmates and whether it led to self-harm or death

• Fla. sheriff lands $530K federal grant to improve mental health among inmates

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  The grant will allow training, timely screening for mental illness and substance abuse, evidence-based treatment and case management

• Judge questions New Orleans' request to halt mental health jail construction

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  Jail officials testified about the need to give inmates with serious mental health problems proper treatment

• DA: Pa. prison's medical staff's response in inmate death 'woefully inadequate'

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  A coroner said medical staff did not recognize for more than 25 minutes that the inmate had stopped breathing

• Calif. county agrees to spend $250M to improve jail conditions

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  The county has lessened solitary confinement, reduced COs' use of force and improved its mental health facilities

• Lawsuit: Pa. county jail punishes mentally ill

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  Inmates claim the facility offers inadequate treatment and medication, and often punishes them with extended solitary confinement or excessive force

• Federal judge orders monitors in Ala. prison mental health case

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  The monitoring plan is aimed at making sure the ADOC follows the remedial orders

• Poem: Close Call

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  Emotional trauma impacts correctional officers every day

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