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Texas Bill Aims to Divert Inmates with Mental Illnesses

May 29, 2013June 5, 2013 2945 Views Central U.S., HUD, North Carolina, U.S. Housing and Urban Development, United Nations Global Compact, WellSpan Health

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives and Senate have approved a pilot program that would provide inmates with mental illnesses with additional resources in social, clinical, housing and welfare services in the first weeks after release.

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Lonestar State Set to Increase Inmate Mental Health Services

March 20, 2013 2804 Views Central U.S., Cleveland Clinic, HUD, North Carolina, U.S. Housing and Urban Development, United Nations Global Compact

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is making efforts to increase mental health care services in order to address the rising number of nonviolent inmates with mental illnesses and reduce recidivism of those inmates.

Senator Joan Huffman, R-Houston, has developed a pilot program to be carried out in Harris County Jail, which, Hauffman said, is regarded as Texas’ largest mental health facility.