A court settlement reached this week transforms the way Indiana treats prisoners with serious mental illnesses, ending practices that often worsened their symptoms and sometimes led to suicide, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana.
Under the agreement, prisoners with serious mental illnesses will receive better access to mental health care and, with few exceptions, will no longer be held in solitary confinement in state correctional facilities. The agreement could affect 5,622 prisoners who have a mental health diagnosis, or about 20.6 percent of the total prison population, according to Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services.
[For more of this story, written by Marisa Kwiatkowski and Kristine Guerra, go to http://www.indystar.com/story/...ettlemment/79085674/]
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