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Jailed for Their Own Safety, 14 Mississippians Died …

(8 days ago) WebContact Isabelle Taft at [email protected] or call her at (601) 691-4756. Mollie Simon is a research reporter at ProPublica. Local officials often say they have no choice but to jail

https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-jail-mental-health-treatment-deaths-substance-abuse

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Mississippi Says Jails Where People Await Psychiatric

(7 days ago) WebHealth Care Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards. Counties are allowed to hold people awaiting court-ordered

https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-jails-where-people-await-psychiatric-treatment-must-meet-standards-just-one-does

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MS jailed more than 800 people awaiting psychiatric …

(6 days ago) WebMississippi Today and ProPublica requested all Department of Mental Health records since 2010 related to enforcement of the certification law and correspondence with counties.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ms-jailed-more-than-800-people-awaiting-psychiatric-treatment-in-a-year-just-one-jail-meets-state-standards/ar-AA1jStFI

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Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions …

(4 days ago) WebNearly every county in Mississippi reported jailing someone going through the commitment process at least once in the year ending in June 2023, according to the state Department of Mental Health

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mississippi-lawmakers-move-to-limit-the-jail-detentions-of-people-awaiting-mental-health-treatment/ar-BB1mijax

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This Mississippi hospital transfers some patients to jail to await

(7 days ago) WebThe second time Sydney Jones experienced delusions, in 2023, a family member contacted the local community mental health center for help. Police officers with mental health training came and called an ambulance to take Jones to Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, part of a large, religiously affiliated nonprofit hospital system.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/mississippi-hospital-transfers-patients-jail-100000239.html

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They needed mental health care treatment. They were thrown in …

(3 days ago) WebIn Mississippi, serious mental illness can land you in jail, even if you aren’t charged with a crime. The state is a stark outlier in jailing so many people for so long, but many officials say

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/27/mississippi-mental-health-treatment-jail-civil-commitment?ref=upstract.com&c=10748513277975272252&mkt=en-us&c=9815047614706750504&mkt=en-us

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Mississippi Holding Mentally Ill People in Jail Before Inpatient …

(5 days ago) WebAccording to a new report, an average of 25 people are sitting in Mississippi jails each day waiting for a bed at a mental health hospital. These individuals have not been charged with any crime

https://reason.com/2022/09/15/mississippi-dozens-of-mentally-ill-people-are-held-in-jails-while-awaiting-inpatient-treatment/

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This North Mississippi hospital transfers some patients to jail to

(9 days ago) WebWhen Sandy Jones’ 26-year-old daughter started writing on the walls of her home in Hernando, Mississippi, last year and talking angrily to the television, Sandy said, she knew two things:

https://www.djournal.com/mississippi-today/this-north-mississippi-hospital-transfers-some-patients-to-jail-to-await-mental-health-treatment/article_26c97954-1c35-11ef-8c98-4b681614f54d.html

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Their Families Said They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Officials …

(1 days ago) WebMental health advocates in Mississippi and other people who have been jailed during the commitment process said the limited mental health treatment McNeese received is common. Mental health care varies widely from jail to jail, and no state agency sets requirements for what care must be provided.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/35092/their-families-said-they-needed-treatment-mississippi-officials-threw-them-in-jail-without-charges

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They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Threw Them in Jail Without …

(1 days ago) WebSince 2006, at least 13 people have died in Mississippi county jails as they awaited treatment for mental illness or substance abuse, Mississippi Today and ProPublica found. Nine of the 13 killed

https://www.propublica.org/article/they-needed-mental-health-treatment-mississippi-threw-them-in-jail

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Some Baptist-Desoto patients go to jail to await mental health

(2 days ago) WebThe second time Sydney Jones experienced delusions, in 2023, a family member contacted the local community mental health center for help. Police officers with mental health training came and called an ambulance to take Jones to Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, part of a large, religiously affiliated nonprofit hospital system.

https://mlk50.com/2024/05/28/some-baptist-desoto-patients-go-to-jail-to-await-mental-health-treatment/

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Mentally ill too often put in jail in Mississippi: Resources lacking

(2 days ago) WebMississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. 0:00. 1:02. "It's torture," for those with mental illnesses being put in jail, Adams Co. sheriff says. In some cases, people with mental illness

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/30/mentally-ill-jailed-mississippi-resources-lacking/2432167001/

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Mississippi Today: Dying in Jail While Awaiting Mental Health Care

(8 days ago) WebMississippi frequently jails people awaiting mental health treatment simply because there are no beds according to Mississippi Today. Skip to content. Please call 601-355-0915 or email [email protected] to reach us. Mississippi officials threw them in jail without charges,” and

https://www.faams.org/mississippi-today-dying-in-jail-while-awaiting-mental-health-care/

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When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence

(7 days ago) WebAround 40 percent of the about 1.8 million people in local, state and federal jails and prison suffer from at least one mental illness, and many of these people have concurrent issues with

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/politics/prison-mental-health-care.html

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This Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await

(6 days ago) WebSheriff’s departments in about a third of the state’s counties, including those that appear to jail such people most frequently, responded to questions from Mississippi Today and ProPublica about how they handle involuntary commitment. They said they seldom, if ever, take people who need mental health treatment from a hospital to jail.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10601858

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Mississippi Remains an Outlier in Jailing People With Serious …

(6 days ago) WebBut a new survey of counties and an analysis of jail dockets in Mississippi, which has no such law, has found that people going through the civil commitment process for mental illness are

https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-outlier-in-jailing-people-during-civil-commitment

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Children’s Services – Mississippi Department of Mental Health

(6 days ago) WebFamilies who need mental help services or support for their children can call the Mississippi Department of Mental Health’s Office of Consumer Supports at 1-877-210-8513 for more information. You may also enter your zip code in the Where to Go section on the Homepage for DMH certified providers in your area.

https://www.dmh.ms.gov/service-options/community-services/children-and-youth-services/

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Public Health Considerations for Correctional Health

(6 days ago) WebInvestigating the potential public health benefit of jail-based screening and treatment programs for chlamydia. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Mar 1;177(5):463-73. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws240. Epub 2013 Feb 12. PMID: 23403986. Investigating the potential public health benefit of jail-based screening and treatment programs for chlamydia – PubMed …

https://www.cdc.gov/correctional-health/about/index.html

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Jail staff's mental illness at new high - MSN

(Just Now) WebMental health sick days stood at 113,820 in 2018, but had more than doubled by 2022 to 228,276. Shadow justice secretary Ms Mahmood said Labour would 'get a grip of the prison and probation

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/jail-staff-s-mental-illness-at-new-high/ar-BB1n68Ji

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