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| Jacksonville Jail Struggles To Provide Mental Health Care; Legislature Mulls Solutions |
| By news.wjct.org- Jessica Palombo |
| Published: 04/08/2015 |
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Many Duval County jail inmates live with mental illness, but the county struggles to provide enough mental-health services. That’s why local officials are hoping the state Legislature can help. A Jacksonville lawmaker is proposing one solution: Keep more criminals with mental illness from getting locked up in the first place. Psychiatric nurse Lynnette Kennison remembers a particularly challenging day at the Duval County Pre-Trial Detention Center. That's the main jail in downtown Jacksonville. Read More. |
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