Human Service Backlog Leaves Mentally Ill Sitting in Jail
Clip: 10/18/2016 | 4m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Twenty Cook County defendants are deemed unfit to stand trial, but sit in jail.
On a given day in Cook County courts, there are between 20 and 40 defendants who have been deemed unfit to stand trial because of mental illness and remanded to a mental health facility. But they are sitting in jail instead, sometimes for months. This, according to Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. Paris Schutz has details.
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Human Service Backlog Leaves Mentally Ill Sitting in Jail
Clip: 10/18/2016 | 4m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
On a given day in Cook County courts, there are between 20 and 40 defendants who have been deemed unfit to stand trial because of mental illness and remanded to a mental health facility. But they are sitting in jail instead, sometimes for months. This, according to Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. Paris Schutz has details.
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