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| Harris County jail launches suicide hotline for inmates |
| By chron.com- Keri Blakinger |
| Published: 10/02/2018 |
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Still reeling from two recent inmate suicides, the Harris County jail on Monday launched a crisis hotline for prisoners, a novel approach to mental health that’s believed to be one of the first such efforts in the country. The 60-day pilot program — started at no cost and pulled together in roughly a month — will give inmates a new kind of access to help at the 9,000-person lock-up in downtown Houston, an overcrowded facility that’s become the state’s largest mental health provider. “There’s experts that say every suicide is preventable and you’ve got to think that way,” said Major Mike Lee, who oversees the jail’s mental health and diversion efforts. Read More. |
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