The Charleston Gazette - News:
Scott Finn
"Last year, more than 10,000 people in the state's regional jails received mental-health treatment. That's more than one in every four inmates. Last year, in the state's prisons, about 500 people at any given time were taking drugs to treat mental illness. After years ignoring the problem, lawmakers are beginning to recognize the value of mental-health treatment for offenders.
In October, Congress passed the bipartisan Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act. It provides $50 million to programs that help the mentally ill in the court system, such as the mental-health court."
