Mentally ill and starving to death in American jails
An investigation has documented dozens of cases where people with severe mental illness, many of whom were jailed during a crisis, have starved or died from neglect in U.S. county jails.
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Indiana Jail Let Man with Schizophrenia Starve to Death in Solitary, Lawsuit Alleges
Employees at the Jackson County Jail in Indiana locked a man having a psychotic episode in solitary confinement for three weeks – without care or toilet access – until he died of malnutrition. Surveillance footage over 21 days shows him screaming; rocking back and forth and licking the walls.
LA is Locking up More Mentally Ill People, Despite Diversion Efforts
In 2015, Los Angeles County launched an effort to keep people with mental and physical health needs out of the county’s jails. Officials trumpeted it as a new era for justice in the most populated county in the U.S. Instead, the number of mentally ill has exploded, even as the overall jail census has fallen.
Voices of suicide survivors
People who have attempted suicide share how they felt – and their work to help others. Black nursing home residents are sent to hospitals more often than whites. And the healing power of strength training.
LA Jail Workers Say Deputies Discourage Mentally Ill Inmates Getting Vaccinated
Mental health personnel at the Twin Towers jail, including social workers and other staff, detailed a lawless environment in which unmasked deputies — many of whom said they were unvaccinated — have gone so far as to try to convince incarcerated people with severe mental and physical health issues not to get vaccinated.
Indiana Jail Let Man with Schizophrenia Starve to Death in Solitary, Lawsuit Alleges
Employees at the Jackson County Jail in Indiana locked a man having a psychotic episode in solitary confinement for three weeks – without care or toilet access – until he died of malnutrition. Surveillance footage over 21 days shows him screaming; rocking back and forth and licking the walls.
LA is Locking up More Mentally Ill People, Despite Diversion Efforts
In 2015, Los Angeles County launched an effort to keep people with mental and physical health needs out of the county’s jails. Officials trumpeted it as a new era for justice in the most populated county in the U.S. Instead, the number of mentally ill has exploded, even as the overall jail census has fallen.
Voices of suicide survivors
People who have attempted suicide share how they felt – and their work to help others. Black nursing home residents are sent to hospitals more often than whites. And the healing power of strength training.
LA Jail Workers Say Deputies Discourage Mentally Ill Inmates Getting Vaccinated
Mental health personnel at the Twin Towers jail, including social workers and other staff, detailed a lawless environment in which unmasked deputies — many of whom said they were unvaccinated — have gone so far as to try to convince incarcerated people with severe mental and physical health issues not to get vaccinated.
