Nick Reiner’s mental health jail has notoriously inhumane conditions
Nick Reiner is being held in America’s largest mental health jail, which is notorious for its rat-infested and urine-soaked “inhumane”...
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In jail instead of a hospital; the struggle to get mental health treatment in Texas
Thousands of people arrested each year in Texas are dealing with mental health issues. Some conditions can be treated with...
SC jail suicides expose deadly mental health crisis
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion about suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is available...
Federal judge finds Oregon in contempt over mental health care delays for people in jail
A federal judge has found Oregon’s state health agency in contempt of a court order that requires severely mentally ill...
Criminal justice reform, new OK County jail hailed at mental health center groundbreaking
Oklahoma County criminal justice will be envied, and no longer condemned, with completion of the new Oklahoma County Detention Center...
How an experimental mental health unit could transform the New Orleans jail system
NEW ORLEANS — In June, 18-year-old Marvell Smith arrived at the Orleans Justice Center, anxious and overwhelmed, to await his day...
