Jail cells now de facto mental health care units in Dane Co. [Channel3000.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/15/1412:00 PM

Solitary confinement compounds illness, makes it worse, experts say.

Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney is well aware this is not an appropriate place for people in mental crisis. That is why he is asking county officials to explore options to create a jail that is more functional.

“Solitary confinement is designed as a method of discipline for inmate populations that do not follow the rules or fight with staff who knows right from wrong. To place somebody in a solitary confinement cell who has a mental health need or acute medical condition and their only violation is that they suffer from a mental illness or medical condition to me is a significant problem that needs to be addressed,” Mahoney said.

[For more of this story, written by Dave Delozier, go to http://www.channel3000.com/new...-in-dane-co/27486334]

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