Baton Rouge to Vote on Mental Health Center
BATON ROUGE, La. — Ever since the Earl K. Long (EKL) Medical Center closed in Baton Rouge in April 2013, a growing portion of inmates with mental illness or substance abuse problems have been taken to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Overflow at the prison and local emergency rooms, however, has convinced officials to start drafting plans to build a mental health restoration center.
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