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Message of Hope for Mental Wellness Week at SQ

November 15, 2018 by lloyd payne

Photo by Harold Meeks

  A drum call to gather the population on San Quentin’s Lower Yard was made on Sept. 9 for the “Hope” themed opening of Mental Wellness … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health and Wellness Tagged With: Harry “ATL” Smith, Mental Health, MENTAL RIGOR, Mentally Ill Offenders, National Alliance on Mental Illness

More inmates taking meds for mental health issues

August 8, 2018 by Jesse Vasquez

The number of offenders in county jails  on psychotropic medications increased 25 percent in 45 California counties in the past five years, reports … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: California Health Policy Strategies, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health, Kaiser Health News, Los Angeles County jail, Mentally Ill Offenders, National Alliance on Mental Illness

Tulsa county jail’s mental health pod a step in the right direction

June 11, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

  The Tulsa, OK, county jail used to place their mentally ill inmates in the same bare cells as everyone else. Now, the jail sports a new mental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: David Van Risseghem, Jail Administrator David Park, jail mental health, National Alliance on Mental Illness, psyche-patient issues, Tulsa, Tulsa World

Police continue to shoot about 1,000 people a year

May 8, 2018 by Joe Garcia

987 people were fatally shot by police officers in 2017 Police across the country shot and killed approximately the same number of people in 2017 as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Chuck Wexler, FBI, LAPD, Michel Moore, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Police Executive Research Forum, Preservation of Life medals, Ron Honberg, The Washington Post

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