Help for Mentally Ill in Georgia
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Mon Sep 20, 2004 at 08:02:53 AM EST
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Posted on Mon Sep 20, 2004 at 08:02:53 AM EST
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Too many of our nation's mentally ill population are languishing in jails because there is no other place to put them when they have been accused of a crime. Georgia has taken a big step.
A $17.8 million facility set to open next month at Central State Hospital will help in the effort to remove mentally ill inmates from county jails, officials said last week....The forensic services division accepts inmates referred by state courts, offering both short-term and long-term treatment. It also performs pretrial mental evaluations of people charged with crimes.
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