Mentally Ill Inmates
A civil rights lawsuit claimed Nebraska State Penitentiary officials violated the Eighth Amendment by placing an inmate with a dangerous, mentally ill cellmate
A total of eight Walker County Jail employees have entered plea agreements related to the death of Tony Mitchell
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The suspect told police he was tired of being disrespected after he cleaned the cell and his cellmate clogged the toilet
Tanya Suarez had sued the county alleging jail staff failed to protect her from harming herself after she was arrested
The officer had a pea-sized wound on his right neck an inch below his jaw, the affidavit said
Complaint argues that IDHS is violating the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure by not taking custody of defendants within 20 days of their being found unfit to stand trial and remanded to the agency for mental-health treatment
Ninety percent of people in the hospitals were charged with or convicted of crimes related to mental illness, including sexually violent predators and those found not guilty by reason of insanity
Defense expert he witnessed Cruz’ “irrational thoughts” last year at the Broward County jail as he fitted his scalp with probes for a scan to map his brain
The city must build a $60 million expansion for inmates with mental and medical health problems
A change in intake procedures meant to cut down on CO overtime meant hundreds of inmates went without full medical screenings
“It is nearly impossible to believe that someone can attempt murder on Monday and walk out of jail on Wednesday,” Craig Greenberg said
The 17-year-old became unresponsive while being restrained following an altercation with detention staff in September
The inmate, who was being held in a mental health unit, had not been checked in almost 12 hours
“A deputy is throwing away a 22-year-career for inflicting unnecessary harm on a mentally ill inmate out of frustration,” the DA said
Sheriff Craig Owens said his office will be the first in the state of Georgia to implement this service
The Denver Sheriff Department hopes the new Crisis Response Team will minimize deputies’ workloads and provide better service to people in the jail
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“If he hadn’t tried to kill the president, he would have been unconditionally released a long, long, long time ago,” the judge said.
When it comes to assessing an inmate’s mental health, we must rely on subjective markers and compare those markers to the inmate’s baseline
The federal agency also called on the jail to make changes to address these constitutional violations
An attorney representing the families is backing the sheriff, saying the department is being forced “to do an impossible task”
“I hate to see the work of good cops undermined by the poor leadership of the sheriff,” said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo
The financial liabilities come despite the county spending upwards of $450 million on reforms
“I did not know it could be done. I had served my time,” the now former inmate said
Suicide attempts at the jail have been cut in half since the program was implemented
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