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| Corrections officials seek funding to treat more mentally ill inmates |
| By kansas.com- Bryan Lowry |
| Published: 01/22/2014 |
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The Department of Corrections is seeking money to provide treatment to more mentally ill inmates. Thirty-eight percent of the state’s prisoner population has a mental illness – an increase of 126 percent since 2006, Secretary of Corrections Ray Roberts told the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday. Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposed budget adjustments call for $3 million in 2014 and another $4.1 million to fully fund the Corrections Department’s health care contract with Corizon, which includes mental health care. “In order to just stay functional, there has to be some expansion of mental health management,” Roberts said. Sen. Dan Kerschen, R-Garden Plain, was taken aback by the statistic. Read More. |
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