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'As mental health cuts mount, psychiatric cases fill jails'

Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune/New York Times takes up a topic today which Grits has been harping on in a good article with the same title as this post.  Brandi has also posted an accompanying video on YouTube titled "Voices of the Mentally Ill."See prior, related Grits coverage: Harris County pleads case for mental health, probation/diversion funds in state budgetJail deaths implicate state oversight, competency restoration fundingMental health cuts by state would shift costs to local jails, emergency rooms'Harris County jail not the place to treat mental illness' The making of an unfunded mandate: Cuts to mental health would dump costs on county jails Cuts to state mental hospitals would be massive unfunded mandate for county jailsMentally ill languish in Bexar jail awaiting assessment, competency restoration Cuts to state mental health treatment would shift costs to local jailsCutting state psych hospital budgets could backfireLegislature's underspending on competency restoration beds creates havocPriorities: Mentally incompetent inmates languishing in Texas county jails75-year old mentally incompetent grandmother stranded in Lufkin jail most of 2006Legislature should prioritize mental health funding that relieves local jailsChincy state hospital funding leaves mentally incompetent defendants strandedUnfunded mandate: Counties struggle to pay for mentally incompetent defendants' careMore counties grumbling at backlog of incompetent defendants in county jailscontinue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 25, 2011 (boomark / email).