Gov. Mike DeWine wants twin fix: more psych beds, better mental health care in jails
Governor wants to help jails provide mental health services and open more beds in state psychiatric hospitals to people in crisis.
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Governor wants to help jails provide mental health services and open more beds in state psychiatric hospitals to people in crisis.
4:13 In introducing Senate Bill 256 with Sen. Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville) in February 2020, former state senator Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) explained it has a simple concept: to "bar life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders.” The bill, now law, is similar to ones in 23 other states following rulings from the US Supreme Court over the last 15 years. Those rulings have banned mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles who didn't commit murder, have said judges need to consider a teenage killer's youth when imposing a sentence, and have noted research showi...