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Long Wait for Justice: People in Jail Face Delays for …

(2 days ago) WebThe average wait for a male inmate who needs such care in Georgia is 10 months, state officials said at a court hearing on Hampton’s case in April. The judge, Cheveda McCamy, gave the state 21 days …

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/incarcerated-people-mental-health-care-delays-trial-competency/

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The wait inmates with mental illness endure because they're too …

(7 days ago) WebWe know there are 201 inmates with mental illness or deficits waiting for one of the 894 state psychiatric hospital beds so they can be “restored” to go to trial, …

https://www.wfae.org/podcast/fractured/2024-05-03/the-wait-inmates-with-mental-illness-endure-because-theyre-too-sick-for-trial

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Montana inmates with mental illness languish in jail awaiting …

(4 days ago) WebA long waiting list at Montana's only state-run psychiatric hospital has left inmates untreated and stuck in county jails. To fix it, health officials want changes to …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/03/1200707065/montana-inmates-with-mental-illness-languish-in-jail-awaiting-treatment-before-t

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Most Inmates With Mental Illness Still Wait For Decent …

(2 days ago) WebThe Joliet Treatment Center, southwest of Chicago, is one of four facilities now providing mental health care to some of Illinois' …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/03/690872394/most-inmates-with-mental-illness-still-wait-for-decent-care

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When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence

(7 days ago) WebIt was 1:19 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2019, in the Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security prison a few hours south of Chicago. Mr. Johnson, 21 and serving a …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/politics/prison-mental-health-care.html

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Jailed Coloradans waiting longer and longer for competency …

(1 days ago) WebThere would also be fines when an inmate had to wait too long for treatment, depending on the severity of the mental illness. If you are in crisis or are …

https://www.cpr.org/2021/10/15/jailed-coloradans-mental-illness-waiting-longer-competency-services-restoration-sometimes-tragic-consequences/

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Disability Rights NC requests order to cut wait times for mental …

(Just Now) WebInmates with mental illness often wait months for care to give them a shot at being deemed capable to assist in their defense. Disability Rights North Carolina wants a …

https://www.wfae.org/crime-justice/2024-05-15/disability-rights-nc-requests-order-to-cut-wait-times-for-mental-health-care-in-jail

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Prisoners With Mental Illness Still Waiting For Treatment

(4 days ago) WebA settlement was reached with Illinois inmates in 2016, when the state agreed to revamp mental health care and provide better treatment. But a federal judge …

https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/prisoners-with-mental-illness-still-waiting-for-treatment

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Mental Health Treatment in Correctional Facilities

(2 days ago) WebOn any given day, between 300,000 and 400,000 people with mental illnesses are incarcerated in jails and prisons across the United States, and more than 500,000 people …

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/mental-health-treatment-correctional-facilities

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Most Inmates With Mental Illness Still Wait For Decent Care

(9 days ago) WebA settlement was reached in 2016, when the state agreed to revamp mental health care and provide better treatment. But a federal judge has ruled that care …

https://health.wusf.usf.edu/npr-health/2019-02-03/most-inmates-with-mental-illness-still-wait-for-decent-care

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Part 1: The wait inmates with mental illness endure because they

(6 days ago) WebWe know there are 201 inmates with mental illness or deficits waiting for one of the 894 state psychiatric hospital beds so they can be “restored” to go to trial, …

https://www.wfae.org/health/2023-04-18/the-wait-inmates-with-mental-illness-endure-because-theyre-too-sick-for-trial

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Psychiatrist: America's 'Extremely Punitive' Prisons Make Mental

(7 days ago) WebMost Inmates With Mental Illness Still Wait For Decent Care In the 1980s and '90s, Norway had a prison system that looked very much like our prison system. …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/16/891438605/psychiatrist-americas-extremely-punitive-prisons-make-mental-illness-worse

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Stuck in jail: Minnesotans with mental illness languish in lockup

(3 days ago) WebBut like hundreds of Minnesotans with mental illness waiting to enter a state treatment program, including about 50 in jail, there's nowhere for him to go. So the 27 …

https://www.startribune.com/stuck-in-jail-minnesotans-with-mental-illness-languish-in-lockup/600348080/

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Kansas inmates wait in jail for months for mental health treatment

(3 days ago) WebThe Douglas County Jail houses about 10 inmates who are on a waiting list to receive mental health services the Larned State Hospital. They must receive care …

https://www.kcur.org/health/2024-03-21/kansas-inmates-wait-in-jail-for-months-for-mental-health-treatment-that-might-change

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Mental Health and Reentry: How Court Services Offender Agency …

(1 days ago) WebThe steps that CSOSA is taking to support the reentry of prisoners with mental illness are part of a broader effort in corrections to decriminalize mental illness. Through ensuring …

https://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/05-2022/mental_health_reentry.html

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Kansas inmates wait months for mental health treatment

(6 days ago) WebPublished 8:11 AM PDT, October 18, 2021. LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Inmates with mental health issues are waiting months to get the medication and …

https://apnews.com/article/health-mental-health-kansas-lawrence-d3ede575eff20302e7fc0b5ad4006c72

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Oklahoma is trying to treat people with severe mental illness in jail

(6 days ago) WebThe Department of Mental Health has asked Tulsa County officials to allow jail competency treatment to continue. “Allowing them to continue this treatment …

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/oklahoma-is-trying-to-treat-people-with-severe-mental-illness-in-jail-but-many-still-languish-in-cells-waiting-for-hospital-beds/

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Kansas inmates wait in jail for months for mental health treatment

(5 days ago) WebOne man spent six years in custody going back and forth to receive mental health care while waiting to stand trial on charges that he was eventually convicted of …

https://kansaspublicradio.org/2024-03-21/kansas-inmates-wait-in-jail-for-months-for-mental-health-treatment-that-might-change

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Why Do Some Jail Inmates Not Engage in Treatment and Services?

(3 days ago) WebDrawn from a longitudinal study, 261 adults were assessed shortly upon incarceration and re-assessed prior to transfer or release from a county jail. Of the participants in need of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794253/

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Treatment and Care of Inmates With Mental Illness

(7 days ago) WebP5310.13 Institution Management of Mentally Ill Inmates (3/31/95) This reissuance incorporates the following modifications: Evidence-Based Practices for the treatment …

https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5310_16.pdf

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Multi-Level Barriers to Prison Mental Health and Physical Health …

(3 days ago) WebWaiting in these lines could interfere with work duties, which caused some participants to either quit their jobs or quit taking medications so they could keep their …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9203858/

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Kansas inmates wait months for treatment due to shortage of …

(7 days ago) WebAbout 80% of inmates suffer from mental illness, drug addiction or both, Pishny estimated. One inmate has been waiting for a court-ordered mental health …

https://kansasreflector.com/2022/10/03/kansas-inmates-wait-months-for-treatment-due-to-shortage-of-mental-health-hospital-beds/

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Healthcare in Prison - Rethink Mental Illness

(1 days ago) WebSome prisons have a healthcare wing. You might go there if your health is very bad. If you are too unwell to stay in prison, you could be transferred to hospital for specialist care …

https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/rights-restrictions/police-courts-and-prison/mental-health-care-in-prison/

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KCBD Mental Health Crisis: Waitlist for treatment at state mental

(8 days ago) WebLubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe said almost 50% of the individuals who are booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center are identified as having had some …

https://www.kcbd.com/2024/05/16/kcbd-mental-health-crisis-waitlist-treatment-state-mental-health-facilities-drops-experts-say-more-resources-are-still-needed/

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Providing Support for Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated

(8 days ago) WebAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 600,000 people are released from state and federal prisons annually, with another 9 million …

https://www.cdc.gov/correctional-health/reentry/index.html

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Public Health Considerations for Correctional Health

(6 days ago) WebThis puts many in need of linkage to substance use and mental health treatment, employment, and permanent housing upon release. Arensman E, Kraaij V, …

https://www.cdc.gov/correctional-health/about/index.html

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‘Take action.’ Advocates urge release of Tarrant County inmate …

(9 days ago) WebCourt records for Campbell include an order filed in February to transfer him to a state mental health facility, but he remains in the county jail, according to the jail …

https://www.yahoo.com/news/action-advocates-urge-release-tarrant-223249246.html

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Kansas inmates wait in jail for months for mental health treatment

(6 days ago) WebThe Douglas County Sheriff's Office is working with local mental health providers to cut down the state’s notoriously long wait times to provide services to …

https://www.hppr.org/2024-03-21/kansas-inmates-wait-in-jail-for-months-for-mental-health-treatment-that-might-change

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Will the doctor be in? Massachusetts prisoners are about to find …

(5 days ago) WebSo the imminent departure of Wellpath, a venture capital-owned for-profit provider, from 10 state facilities housing some 6,000 prisoners, is good news in a …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/17/opinion/wellpath-vitalcore-prison-health-care/

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Investigation: Inmates at Virginia prison for mentally ill …

(9 days ago) WebThe records obtained by The Associated Press show inmates at the Marion Correctional Treatment Center, which houses predominantly mentally ill offenders, were …

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-prison-marion-hypothermia-charles-givens-2702b453550c36a4438901127ed5a38b

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Why was 2023 such a deadly year in Los Angeles County jails? It

(5 days ago) WebA decade ago, there were more than. 18,600 inmates. in the Los Angeles County jails, but by the end of last year that figure had. fallen to under 12,200, according to county data. …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/why-was-2023-such-a-deadly-year-in-los-angeles-county-jails-it-depends-on-whom-you-ask/ar-BB1ky7LT

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Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders Medicare

(Just Now) WebMedicare covers certain screenings, services, and programs that aid in the treatment and recovery of mental health and substance use disorders. If you or someone you know is …

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/mental-health-substance-use-disorder

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New $305 million Austin State Hospital unveiled The Texas Tribune

(2 days ago) WebState leaders on Wednesday unveiled a new $305 million hospital, part of an $2.5 billion overhaul of the state’s aging psychiatric hospital system. Austin State …

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-psychiatric-hospitals-mental-health/

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FY24 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners …

(9 days ago) WebView/print the Solicitation Overview. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to increase access to treatment to individuals with …

https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-171974

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University of Virginia health psychologist on how cancer can

(2 days ago) WebKim Penberthy of the University of Virginia says treatment for cancer can be just as challenging for a patient’s mental health as the diagnosis. “Mental health …

https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2024/05/university-of-virginia-health-psychologist-on-how-cancer-can-affect-mental-health/

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