California mentally ill inmates get special units
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 29th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
California mentally ill inmates get special units
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State corrections officials agreed Friday to shift mentally ill inmates into separate specialized housing that offer them more treatment instead of placing them in the same isolation units used for other inmates, a decision that marks a major shift in how the system deals with such prisoners.