New Cook County clinic aims to keep mentally ill out of jail [ChicagoTribune.com]

Samantha Sangenito 11/3/164:00 AM

One young woman, who is delusional, frequently ends up in Cook County Jail for trespassing.

Another man often is arrested when he becomes agitated at home, throwing and breaking things.

They're among a number of people with mental health issues who too often end up in jail when they should receive appropriate care elsewhere, said Dr. Kenya Key, chief of psychology at Cermak Health Services, a division of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System that provides health care at the jail.

A new county clinic on the city's South Side aims to address that.

[For more of this story, written by Lisa Schencker, go to http://www.chicagotribune.com/...amp;utm_medium=email]

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