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Does anyone know how mental illness in jail is handled?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 761364" data-attributes="member: 23742"><p>You don’t sound like that at all, Deni. I so appreciate your suggestions and thank you for the prayers. I realize this is not something that most people here have to deal with (jail) and so many things vary, based on state, etc.</p><p></p><p>His lawyer is in the loop, however, I’m not real pleased with his most recent response. He’s already been paid for; he charged a set fee to represent my son. </p><p></p><p>The lawyer (a criminal defense lawyer) has been in court with him twice, has been very responsive to every call or text and so far, I’ve been satisfied with him. He suggested in the beginning after my son’s crime that he enter drug treatment to avoid prison. At this point my son was staying with us temporarily and functioning ok, though there were signs that he had been affected by the drugs. (I assumed). Son entered a program immediately after court but was asked to leave after one month. He missed a court date after that and was picked up on a bench warrant and sent to this jail. Not long after arriving there he was placed in solitary, apparently for acting out (or more likely “freaking” out)</p><p></p><p>I first explained through text to lawyer last week that I thought my son was having a psychotic break and that he was talking nonsense, and he told me it was the drugs and it can take months to come out of. And that he had a similar situation with a client who got evaluated and it was found to be drugs so there was nothing they could do. He said jail is where son needs to be right now just to keep him off the streets or he will go right back to drugs.</p><p></p><p>I wrote again with more urgency and told him my son is essentially a vegetable, he needs treatment, and as his mother I will do everything in my power to see that he gets it. I said I am not asking for him to be freed, I want him to pay a consequence for his crime—I just want him to get treatment so that he can function! No response. That was yesterday.</p><p></p><p>My husband has been in contact with that state’s mental health dept. Apparently the state doesn’t intercede unless the inmate has been sentenced. And he has not been. But they gave us another resource and I will contact today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 761364, member: 23742"] You don’t sound like that at all, Deni. I so appreciate your suggestions and thank you for the prayers. I realize this is not something that most people here have to deal with (jail) and so many things vary, based on state, etc. His lawyer is in the loop, however, I’m not real pleased with his most recent response. He’s already been paid for; he charged a set fee to represent my son. The lawyer (a criminal defense lawyer) has been in court with him twice, has been very responsive to every call or text and so far, I’ve been satisfied with him. He suggested in the beginning after my son’s crime that he enter drug treatment to avoid prison. At this point my son was staying with us temporarily and functioning ok, though there were signs that he had been affected by the drugs. (I assumed). Son entered a program immediately after court but was asked to leave after one month. He missed a court date after that and was picked up on a bench warrant and sent to this jail. Not long after arriving there he was placed in solitary, apparently for acting out (or more likely “freaking” out) I first explained through text to lawyer last week that I thought my son was having a psychotic break and that he was talking nonsense, and he told me it was the drugs and it can take months to come out of. And that he had a similar situation with a client who got evaluated and it was found to be drugs so there was nothing they could do. He said jail is where son needs to be right now just to keep him off the streets or he will go right back to drugs. I wrote again with more urgency and told him my son is essentially a vegetable, he needs treatment, and as his mother I will do everything in my power to see that he gets it. I said I am not asking for him to be freed, I want him to pay a consequence for his crime—I just want him to get treatment so that he can function! No response. That was yesterday. My husband has been in contact with that state’s mental health dept. Apparently the state doesn’t intercede unless the inmate has been sentenced. And he has not been. But they gave us another resource and I will contact today. [/QUOTE]
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