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#Mississippi #Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting #PsychiatricTreatment in a Year. Just One #Jail Meets #StateStandards.

#Counties are #allowed to #hold people awaiting #courtordered #psychiatrictreatment in #jails only if the #facilities meet #safety and #health #standards, but there’s no #funding to help them #comply and no #penalties if they don’t.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Mississippi #Police #Incarceration #MentalHealth #NoPoliceAtPride

https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-jails-where-people-await-psychiatric-treatment-must-meet-standards-just-one-does