We’ve been reporting on the state’s civil commitment process in partnership with Mississippi Today. These are the most important findings.

People Jailed While Awaiting Mental Health Treatment Are Generally Treated the Same as People Accused of Crimes

Jails Can Be Deadly for People in Crisis

Mississippi Is a Stark Outlier in the U.S.

Despite a State Law, There Has Been Almost No Oversight of Jails That Hold People Awaiting Treatment

The Practice Is Not Limited to Small, Rural Counties

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240117125741/https://www.propublica.org/article/5-takeaways-about-how-mississippi-jails-people-for-mental-illness

  • Remmock@kbin.social
    42·
    10 months ago

    Can I ask why you immediately consider moving a solution when the majority of Americans are too poor for it and Mississippians doubly so?

    • TheFriar@lemm.ee
      1·
      10 months ago

      I mean, it was a general inquiry. I wasn’t being flippant about poverty or peoples family ties or the very real southern poverty trap — especially for young women. I was literally just asking the question, I wasn’t making a snide remark about Mississippi. I’ve never been there. I literally don’t think I could’ve asked it any more politely.