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Feds: Dallas jail healthcare still not up to snuff

I'm not sure how I missed a new report (pdf) from the feds last month about improvements and deficiencies at the Dallas County jail, but the story by Kevin Krause at the Dallas News ("New report finds Dallas jail improved but still falling short on health care," July 22) contains a good analysis of what's been accomplished at the jail and the mainly healthcare related shortcomings USDOJ says they still need to address. Perhaps most disturbingly: Mentally ill inmates are inappropriately locked in their cells for 23 hours a day, because of staffing shortages and lack of space for "out-of-cell time," according to the report. In the mental health category, other problems reported were a difficulty in tracking patients, lack of privacy, inadequate staffing and a lack of adequate space to conduct mental health evaluations...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 13, 2008 (boomark / email).