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Mississippi remains an outlier in jailing people with serious mental illness without charges
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoStates across the country have outright banned or severely limited the practice of jailing people...
We spend millions jailing people with mental illness. How that’s changing in Miami-Dade
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA new treatment center near Wynwood could be key to solving the mental health crisis plaguing...
Hundreds in MS are jailed for mental illness every year. 5 things we’ve learned
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn Mississippi, the path to treatment for a serious mental illness may run through your local jail–...
When new Miami center opens, arrestees with mental illness can be treated, not jailed
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThis could be the year Miami-Dade County makes history, opening a center for treating and helping —...
‘Deeply problematic’: Advocates pan New York City policy to hospitalise mentally ill people against...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew York City’s emergency responders have been directed to involuntarily hospitalise mentally ill...
Mental health crisis programs face challenges in rural areas
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf you or someone you know is in crisis, call, text, or chat via 988, the national Suicide & Crisis...
Lawmakers plan targets jail as ‘default place’ for people awaiting psychiatric treatment
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFor years, Mississippians have been jailed without criminal charges while they await mental health...
New Mexico city sued for hounding, harassing the homeless
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoALBUQUERQUE – The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and others are suing the city of...
Jailed for their own safety, 14 Mississippians died awaiting mental health treatment
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLocal officials often say they have no choice but to jail people awaiting treatment for mental...
Mississippi man with mental illness jailed for 20 days without charges
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe head of Mississippi’s Department of Mental Health recently told lawmakers that people who aren’t...