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has-post-thumbnail hentry entry"> <div class="entry-content"> <h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5af35c3b6ebc222267128bf55219dc2f" id="h-committed-to-jail" style="color:#dd6a6a">Committed to Jail</h1> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5cf42ab01af577d6387b9cfe690a1f24" id="h-how-mississippi-jails-people-for-mental-illness" style="color:#dd6a6a">How Mississippi Jails People for Mental Illness</h2> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-left" id="h-in-mississippi-many-people-awaiting-court-ordered-treatment-for-mental-illness-or-substance-abuse-are-jailed-even-though-they-haven-t-been-charged-with-a-crime"><em>In Mississippi, many people awaiting court-ordered treatment for mental illness or substance abuse are jailed, even though they haven’t been charged with a crime.</em><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-outlier-in-jailing-people-during-civil-commitment"></a></h4> <div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-variation-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-variation-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/> <p><em>These articles contain detailed descriptions of mental illness and suicide. If you or someone you know needs help:</em></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><em>Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988</em></li> <li><em>Text the Crisis Text Line from anywhere in the U.S. to reach a crisis counselor: 741741</em></li> </ul> <p><em>This series was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with </em><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Mississippi Today</em></a><em>. </em><a href="https://www.propublica.org/newsletters/dispatches" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Sign up for Dispatches</em></a><em> to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. </em></p> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-2 is-3 is-landscape has-text-align-left" style="" > <style id="newspack-blocks-inline-css" type="text/css">.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-title{font-size: 1.2em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .entry-meta{display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;margin-top: 0.5em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .entry-meta{font-size: 0.8em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles article .avatar{height: 25px;width: 25px;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail{margin: 0;margin-bottom: 0.25em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail img{height: auto;width: 100%;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles .post-thumbnail figcaption{margin-bottom: 0.5em;}.wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles p{margin: 0.5em 0;}.wpnbha.ts-2 .entry-title{font-size: 0.9em}.wpnbha.ts-2 article .newspack-post-subtitle,.wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-wrapper p,.wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-wrapper .more-link,.wpnbha.ts-2 article .entry-meta{font-size: 0.8em;}</style> <div data-posts data-current-post-id="1106806"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>Read the series</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="1126887" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-health category-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/30/james-tatsch-alcorn-county-jail-diabetes-complication/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Man with no criminal charges died from a complication of diabetes in Alcorn County Jail" data-hero-candidate="1" loading="none" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1099773" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/3x0a9074/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1708&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1708" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Eric J. Shelton\/Mississippi Toda","camera":"Canon EOS R5","caption":"Laura Hendrix died in holding cell A20 while under civil commitment at the DeSoto County Jail in Hernando, Miss. in 2021.","created_timestamp":"1685522300","copyright":"","focal_length":"28","iso":"2000","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Civil commitment" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Laura Hendrix died in holding cell A20 while under civil commitment at the DeSoto County Jail in Hernando, Miss. in 2021.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/30/james-tatsch-alcorn-county-jail-diabetes-complication/" rel="bookmark">Man with no criminal charges died from a complication of diabetes in Alcorn County Jail</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/gdilworthmississippitoday-org/">Gwen Dilworth</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-30T11:52:13">October 30, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-30T11:52:21-05:00">October 30, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1117745" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-featured tag-government tag-health category-health category-legislature category-mental-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/05/13/lawmakers-move-to-decrease-jail-detentions-civil-commitment/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Lawmakers move to limit jail detentions during civil commitment" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1117749" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxwidth_3000_maxheight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedcolorprofile_true/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Mississippi jails mentally ill impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Photo illustration by ProPublica. Source images: Illustration by Vanessa Saba, special to ProPublica; photos by Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today; documents obtained by Mississippi Today and ProPublica.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-impact_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_quality_95_embedColorProfile_true-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/05/13/lawmakers-move-to-decrease-jail-detentions-civil-commitment/" rel="bookmark">Lawmakers move to limit jail detentions during civil commitment</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/kroyals/">Kate Royals</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-05-13T05:00:00">May 13, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-05-14T10:23:11-05:00">May 14, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1115098" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-featured tag-health category-health category-mental-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/04/12/so-medieval-man-with-mental-illness-jailed-for-20-days-without-charges/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="‘So medieval’: Man with mental illness jailed for 20 days without charges" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?resize=900%2C675&ssl=1 900w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1115111" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/mt-isabelle-civilcommitment-featimage-03/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?fit=336%2C189&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MT-Isabelle-CivilCommitment-FeatImage-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/04/12/so-medieval-man-with-mental-illness-jailed-for-20-days-without-charges/" rel="bookmark">‘So medieval’: Man with mental illness jailed for 20 days without charges</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-04-12T05:00:00">April 12, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-05-28T16:20:21-05:00">May 28, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1112523" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-government tag-health tag-mt-app category-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/03/01/lawmakers-could-limit-when-county-officials-in-mississippi-can-jail-people-awaiting-psychiatric-treatment/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Lawmakers could limit when county officials in Mississippi can jail people awaiting psychiatric treatment" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1111469" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/3x0a9239/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1827&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1827" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS R5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1707384559","copyright":"","focal_length":"200","iso":"2000","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Rep. Kevin Felsher" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Mississippi state Rep. Kevin Felsher, R-Biloxi, has proposed a bill that would limit when people can be jailed as they go through a legal process that can force them into treatment for mental illness. In many counties, people are jailed when officials determine that publicly funded treatment beds are full or too far away. (Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today)</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C240&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/3X0A9239-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C856&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/03/01/lawmakers-could-limit-when-county-officials-in-mississippi-can-jail-people-awaiting-psychiatric-treatment/" rel="bookmark">Lawmakers could limit when county officials in Mississippi can jail people awaiting psychiatric treatment</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-03-01T04:00:00">March 1, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-02-29T20:11:23-06:00">February 29, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1110758" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-government tag-health category-health category-mental-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/30/mississippi-main-dies-jail-mental-health/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Charged with no crime. Locked up for 12 days. He died waiting for help" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1098461" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/3x0a0366-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1708&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1708" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS R5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1686211338","copyright":"","focal_length":"35","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0003125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="NEMCC speech class" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility in Corinth, Miss., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A0366-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/30/mississippi-main-dies-jail-mental-health/" rel="bookmark">Charged with no crime. Locked up for 12 days. He died waiting for help</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-01-30T04:00:00">January 30, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-01-31T12:35:00-06:00">January 31, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1110564" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-government tag-health tag-justice category-mental-health category-uncategorized type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/25/mississippi-lawmakers/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="‘Depriving people of their liberty’: Lawmakers question jail without criminal charges" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1110534" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/3x0a6597/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1708&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1708" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS R5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1706174802","copyright":"","focal_length":"145","iso":"4000","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Public Health and Welfare Senate Committee" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Sen. Hob Bryan, center, chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Senate Committee, listens to presenters during a committee meeting at the State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/3X0A6597-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/25/mississippi-lawmakers/" rel="bookmark">‘Depriving people of their liberty’: Lawmakers question jail without criminal charges</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-01-25T10:18:37">January 25, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-01-29T16:07:32-06:00">January 29, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1110325" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-featured tag-government tag-health tag-justice category-mental-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/23/how-many-are-jailed-awaiting-mental-health-treatment-in-mississippi-we-still-dont-know/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mississippi_State_Capitol_building-e1479238370951.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="How many are jailed awaiting mental health treatment in Mississippi? We still don’t know" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mississippi_State_Capitol_building-e1479238370951.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mississippi_State_Capitol_building-e1479238370951.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=400 400w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="60" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/2016/11/15/legislature-all-our-contracts-are-secret/mississippi_state_capitol_building/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mississippi_State_Capitol_building-e1479238370951.jpg?fit=541%2C376&ssl=1" data-orig-size="541,376" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Mississippi_State_Capitol_building" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Mississippi State Capitol</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mississippi_State_Capitol_building-e1479238370951.jpg?fit=336%2C234&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Mississippi_State_Capitol_building-e1479238370951.jpg?fit=541%2C376&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/23/how-many-are-jailed-awaiting-mental-health-treatment-in-mississippi-we-still-dont-know/" rel="bookmark">How many are jailed awaiting mental health treatment in Mississippi? We still don’t know</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-01-23T05:00:00">January 23, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-01-29T16:11:16-06:00">January 29, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1109997" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-mental-health tag-mississippi-legislature category-2024-legislative-session category-legislature category-mental-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/16/mental-illness-mississippi-jail-commitments/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Lawmakers plan challenge to jail as ‘default place’ for people awaiting psychiatric treatment" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1092906" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/03/21/mental-health-bill-sam-creekmore/creekmore/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?fit=1624%2C1080&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1624,1080" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Creekmore" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Rep. Sam Creekmore, R-New Albany, authored a bill that advocates say “is so transformative that it could be a really strong model for other states to implement.” </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?fit=336%2C223&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Creekmore.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/16/mental-illness-mississippi-jail-commitments/" rel="bookmark">Lawmakers plan challenge to jail as ‘default place’ for people awaiting psychiatric treatment</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-01-16T05:00:00">January 16, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-02-15T09:38:59-06:00">February 15, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1109428" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-featured tag-government tag-health tag-mental-health category-mental-health category-uncategorized type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/04/mississippi-jail-mental-illness-commitment/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Hundreds of Mississippians are jailed for mental illness every year. 5 takeaways from our reporting so far" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1100881" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/20230727-ms-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,2000" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1682345926","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Civil commitment_20230727 MS jails mentally ill-outlier 1 square" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>In 1950, the federal government sent governors model legislation that would restrict incarcerating people for mental illness to “extreme” emergencies. Mississippi didn’t adopt it. Nearly 40 years later, Mae Evelyn Boston, right, died in a Mississippi county jail just a few miles from a hospital while she waited for a mental health evaluation.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?fit=336%2C336&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-MS-jails-mentally-ill-outlier-1-square.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/04/mississippi-jail-mental-illness-commitment/" rel="bookmark">Hundreds of Mississippians are jailed for mental illness every year. 5 takeaways from our reporting so far</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-01-04T05:00:00">January 4, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-01-05T11:20:14-06:00">January 5, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1108191" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-health tag-justice category-health category-justice category-mental-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/12/07/jailed-for-their-own-safety-14-mississippians-died-awaiting-mental-health-treatment/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Jailed for their own safety, 14 Mississippians died awaiting mental health treatment" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1108225" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/v-saba_mississippijails_02_final_revised_preview/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Vanessa Saba, special to ProPublica. Source images obtained by Mississippi Today and ProPublica. Photo courtesy Angela Anderson.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/V.SABA_MississippiJails_02_Final_REVISED_preview-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/12/07/jailed-for-their-own-safety-14-mississippians-died-awaiting-mental-health-treatment/" rel="bookmark">Jailed for their own safety, 14 Mississippians died awaiting mental health treatment</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> and <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mollie-simon-propublica/">Mollie Simon, ProPublica</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-12-07T05:00:00">December 7, 2023</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-12-08T08:20:41-06:00">December 8, 2023</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1106765" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-featured tag-health tag-mental-health tag-mt-app category-health category-justice category-mental-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/11/13/mississippi-jailed-more-than-800-people-awaiting-psychiatric-treatment-in-a-year-just-one-jail-meets-state-standards/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Mississippi jailed more than 800 people awaiting psychiatric treatment in a year. Just one jail meets state standards." data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1103368" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/3x0a0297/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1708&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1708" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS R5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1694505492","copyright":"","focal_length":"24","iso":"2000","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Civil Commitment: Adams County" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A padded cell used to hold people awaiting psychiatric evaluation and court-ordered treatment at the Adams County jail in Natchez, Mississippi. Lacey Robinette Handjis, a 37-year-old hospice care consultant and mother of two, was found dead in one of the jail’s two padded cells in late August, less than 24 hours after she was booked with no criminal charges to await mental health treatment.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3X0A0297-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/11/13/mississippi-jailed-more-than-800-people-awaiting-psychiatric-treatment-in-a-year-just-one-jail-meets-state-standards/" rel="bookmark">Mississippi jailed more than 800 people awaiting psychiatric treatment in a year. Just one jail meets state standards.</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-11-13T04:00:00">November 13, 2023</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-11-27T12:36:40-06:00">November 27, 2023</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1100878" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-featured tag-health tag-justice category-health category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/07/27/they-needed-mental-health-treatment-mississippi-threw-in-jail/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Their families said they needed treatment. Mississippi officials threw them in jail without charges." data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1100873" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/20230727-mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1682345926","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Civil commitment_20230727 Mississippi jails mentally ill 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>(Vanessa Saba, Special to ProPublica. Source images: Documents obtained by Mississippi Today. Family photo courtesy of John Sons. Photo by Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today)</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230727-Mississippi-jails-mentally-ill-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2023/07/27/they-needed-mental-health-treatment-mississippi-threw-in-jail/" rel="bookmark">Their families said they needed treatment. Mississippi officials threw them in jail without charges.</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/itaft/">Isabelle Taft</a></span>, <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/mollie-simon-propublica/">Mollie Simon, ProPublica</a></span> and <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/agnel-philip/">Agnel Philip, ProPublica</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-07-27T05:00:00">July 27, 2023</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-11-10T15:17:42-06:00">November 10, 2023</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-variation-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-variation-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/> <div class="wp-block-group 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Please reload the page and try again. </div> </div> </div></div> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-variation-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-variation-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-4 is-1 is-landscape has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="1106806"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>more mental health news</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="1126859" class="tag-education tag-featured category-education category-mental-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/29/will-mississippi-schools-join-the-cellphone-ban-bandwagon/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Will Mississippi schools join the cellphone ban bandwagon?" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1126860" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/29/will-mississippi-schools-join-the-cellphone-ban-bandwagon/education-school-cellphone-bans/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1707,2560" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"AP","camera":"ILCE-1","caption":"A ninth grader places his cellphone into a phone holder as he enters class at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each classroom has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots. (AP Photo\/Rick Bowmer)","created_timestamp":"1708689043","copyright":"Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","focal_length":"72","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.003125","title":"Education School Cellphone Bans","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Education School Cellphone Bans" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A ninth grader places his cellphone into a phone holder as he enters class at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each classroom has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C504&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AP24058033441485-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&ssl=1" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/29/will-mississippi-schools-join-the-cellphone-ban-bandwagon/" rel="bookmark">Will Mississippi schools join the cellphone ban bandwagon?</a></h3> <p>A Mississippi lawmaker is already crafting a bill to ban cellphones in classrooms, but how would it play out?</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/sgates/"><img data-recalc-dims="1" alt='Avatar photo' src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Simeon-Gates-e1717539718726-48x48.jpg?resize=48%2C48&ssl=1" srcset='https://mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Simeon-Gates-e1717539718726-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height="48" width="48" /></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://mississippitoday.org/author/sgates/">Simeon Gates</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-29T14:05:10">October 29, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-30T11:53:48-05:00">October 30, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="1106806"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>more news like this</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="1127780" class="tag-featured tag-government tag-health tag-justice tag-mt-app category-health type-post 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