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| Oklahoma Looks for Ways to Keep Mentally Ill Ex-offenders Out of Prison |
| By gantdaily.com - AHN |
| Published: 10/24/2012 |
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McCLOUD, OK, United States (KaiserHealth) – Shawna Gordon isn’t alone in worrying what will happen on that day in the future when she ventures beyond the familiar barbed wire that circumscribes her existence now. “To think, one day they’re going to come in and say, ‘Pack your stuff,’ I don’t know how I’m going to react,” says Gordon. A heavily tattooed 42-year-old woman with bristly red hair and self-inflicted cuts up and down her arms, she is one of the participants in a unique release program in Oklahoma for inmates with a history of mental illness. Gordon is coming to the end of an 18-year stretch for flashing a .38 at her drug dealer in order to separate him from a pile of jewelry, cash and his Monte Carlo. Now she frets over whether she will get carsick when she rides in the vehicle that will take her away from prison. She pauses and leans back in her seat, abruptly looking smaller, almost child-sized. “I’m scared,” she allows. “I’m really scared. I’m in no big hurry to get out of here, I’ll tell you.” Read More. |
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