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The mental health assistants program run by inmate Craigen Armstrong has won plaudits from politicians and the sheriff. But its future is uncertain.
The mental health assistants program run by inmate Craigen Armstrong has won plaudits from politicians and the sheriff. But its future is uncertain.
The Colorado Supreme Court has joined an apparent minority of its peers across the country in laying down a written transition plan for chief justices, who are executive leaders of the judicial branch in addition to their roles deciding cases.
Coroners' records reviewed by LAist show a jump in suicides inside L.A. County’s downtown jail complex in 2021. Jail officials and county-appointed monitors alike say the state of mental health care in the jails is severely deficient.
Citing a court-appointed monitor’s latest report on conditions in L.A. County jail, the ACLU sent a letter to L.A. County Supervisors calling on them to make investments required to reduce the jail mental health population.