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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: 761343" data-attributes="member: 23742"><p>Thank you so much Copa for all your helpful information. I have pm’d you. As far as medical care or anything else for that matter, (even clothes and hygiene items other than 2 pr of underwear and prison suits) the inmates are charged for everything, even a daily incarceration fee and then given a bill upon their release.</p><p></p><p>It clearly states on the jail website what the fees are and that if they don’t make payment arrangements their wages can be garnished. Unbelievable that jail inmates, most of whom are indigent and will struggle to even find employment once released, are hit with a bill they probably can’t pay after they’ve served their time. Believe me, I want my son to pay the consequence for his crime, but it shouldn’t affect his income for the rest of his life! </p><p></p><p>I did a little digging though, and found out that in Sept. 2021 this practice among jails at least in this state has been temporarily struck down in court, finding that the courts, not jails, are responsible for assessing fees on inmates. But it will just be a matter of time before the state legislature finds a way to get around this.</p><p></p><p>And yes, you are right about my son. He is not prepared for anything like this, even if he weren’t in psychosis. He is very naive. He will be the one taken advantage of. It breaks my heart.</p><p></p><p>Sending love and thanks (through my tears)</p><p></p><p>And for anyone else reading this, if you are a praying person, please say some for my son and all the good incarcerated people who made a bad decision but shouldn’t be defined by it forever. Everyone deserves a second chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 761343, member: 23742"] Thank you so much Copa for all your helpful information. I have pm’d you. As far as medical care or anything else for that matter, (even clothes and hygiene items other than 2 pr of underwear and prison suits) the inmates are charged for everything, even a daily incarceration fee and then given a bill upon their release. It clearly states on the jail website what the fees are and that if they don’t make payment arrangements their wages can be garnished. Unbelievable that jail inmates, most of whom are indigent and will struggle to even find employment once released, are hit with a bill they probably can’t pay after they’ve served their time. Believe me, I want my son to pay the consequence for his crime, but it shouldn’t affect his income for the rest of his life! I did a little digging though, and found out that in Sept. 2021 this practice among jails at least in this state has been temporarily struck down in court, finding that the courts, not jails, are responsible for assessing fees on inmates. But it will just be a matter of time before the state legislature finds a way to get around this. And yes, you are right about my son. He is not prepared for anything like this, even if he weren’t in psychosis. He is very naive. He will be the one taken advantage of. It breaks my heart. Sending love and thanks (through my tears) And for anyone else reading this, if you are a praying person, please say some for my son and all the good incarcerated people who made a bad decision but shouldn’t be defined by it forever. Everyone deserves a second chance. [/QUOTE]
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