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| Final deal reached in South Carolina inmate mental health |
| By thetandd.com- Meg Kinnard |
| Published: 06/02/2016 |
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COLUMBIA — Eleven years after mental health advocates sued South Carolina over the treatment of mentally ill inmates, prison officials said Wednesday they have reached a final agreement on how to reform inmates’ care. The Department of Corrections announced the agreement with Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities on a plan to establish timelines and goals for settling a 2005 lawsuit. It still needs court approval. The state and the advocates have been in mediation since 2014, when a judge sided with the advocacy group. Protection and Advocacy said it sued on behalf of all of South Carolina’s mentally ill inmates. The group estimates they number as many as 4,400, or about 19 percent of the state’s inmate population. The department estimates it’s closer to 12 or 13 percent. Read More. |
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