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‘Like a war crime.’ Mentally ill Frankfort woman moves from streets to jail.

  • Deborah Yetter

Considered severely mentally ill, the young woman from Frankfort has spiraled downward since adolescence. Now 22, she has had multiple encounters with police, been diagnosed with illness ranging from schizophrenia to psychosis and, in the past four years, has been hospitalized on emergency court orders 20 times—with stays ranging from one to 27 days. She […]

Wisconsin

Wisconsin prisons are struggling to improve mental health care 

  • Andrew Kennard

While consultants have recommended reforms to how Wisconsin addresses mental health in prison, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections reports obstacles in the way of many of the reforms, according to a document obtained by the Examiner. In Wisconsin’s adult prisons, nearly half of incarcerated people have a mental health diagnosis.  “We are seeing that more […]