Unlike most jails in Kansas, Douglas County has found a way to lock up fewer mentally ill inmates

The number of people booked into the Douglas County jail with serious mental illness dropped from 18% in 2014 to 10% in 2022 — and hit a low of 5.5% in 2018.

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