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| Mentally ill in Kansas prisons more than double since 2006 |
| By cjonline.com - Tim Carpenter |
| Published: 01/28/2013 |
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Republican Sen. Steve Fitzgerald is convinced growth in the proportion of mentally ill Kansans in jails and prisons arcs back to the state's failure to develop an effective community-based system of treatment. His district includes Lansing Correctional Facility, which serves as one of the many repositories for people with mental health challenges beyond the capacity of local treatment providers. State psychiatric hospitals — Osawatomie State Hospital, Larned State Hospital and Rainbow Mental Health Facility — also are under duress. In effect, Fitzgerald said, Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts is by default the provider of last resort for a growing cadre of people with mental illness. Read More. |
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