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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Monday April 01, 2024 ( 1 items )  

Manhattan Institute: New Report - How to Improve Mental Health Care in Correctional Institutions
NEW YORK, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release: Last month, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine noted that over 90 percent of the state's psychiatric beds are being occupied by people sent by the courts to restore mental competency before standing trial. This situation, which leaves few beds for law-abiding citizens with mental health issues, is not unique to Ohio and is the result of policies which, beginning in the 1950s, closed numerous psychiatric hospitals a  more