County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton said county officials have been working with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to get approval to make changes so that inmates "don't have a method to harm themselves." [...] Sheriff Keith Merritt, who is in charge of the jail's security, said he hasn't made any recent changes because the jail already has a long-standing policy to address mentally ill inmates.
Number Of Mentally Ill Inmates On The Rise
By Natalie Krebs, The Beaumont Enterprise
Mon, 06/26/2017 - 8:51am
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Texas Jefferson County Beaumont
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