“This story is part of a larger conversation about how people wind up in the criminal justice system rather than in appropriate mental health treatment,” the family's lawyer said.
Sentenced To 2 Days But Held For 54: How One Man’s Jail Suicide Underscores Mississippi’s Mental Health Care Crisis
Kim Bellware, Washington Post U.S.
Wed, 10/16/2019 - 12:38pm
Topics: mental health
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