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Workforce shortages in the state psychiatric hospital system prolong jail time for mentally ill Texans
The state has added more beds for jail inmates who need psychiatric treatment to be considered competent to face trial. But at least a third remain empty because the state can’t hire enough people to staff them. - Texas Tribune Read More
FWST: In Texas jails, deaths from failure to give proper medication are shrouded in secrecy
The No. 1 complaint received about state jails by inmates and their families is that incarcerated people are not given the medications they were prescribed prior to being detained, said Krish Gundu, executive director of the Texas Jail Project. The nonprofit advocacy group based near Houston works to ensure incarcerated Texans are being cared for properly. Read More
