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States correctional facilities transform into default asylums
Kansas counties increasingly use jails as de facto mental health centers as state hospital beds shrink. Douglas County, Johnson County, and others train staff, hire clinicians, and contract with community centers to assess inmates for mental illness and provide treatment, housing assistance, and discharge planning. The shift highlights funding gaps and varying access to inpatient care while some sheriffs warn jail-based care is not a solution but a stopgap.
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Douglas County
Kenneth Brouchard
Lawrence
Brouchard
Joe
Johnson County
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Kansas
Bert Nash
Kristen Dymacek
Sheriffs Office
Dymacek
Robert Sullivan
Johnson County Mental Health Center
Travis Wright
Atchison County Sheriffs Office
Wright
Atchison County
Sheriff's Deputies
St. Luke’s Cushing Hospital
Leavenworth
Rainbow Mental Health
Kansas City
Kan
Osawatomie State Hospital
Sandy Horton
Kansas Sheriffs’ Association
Horton
Gove County
Allan Weber
Trego County
Larned State Hospital
Weber
Pratt
Larned
California
KHI
Shawnee County
Kingman County
Randy Hill
Alcoholics Anonymous
Riley County
Kurt Moldrup
Kyle Kessler
Association of Community Mental Health Centers of
Doug Bonney
The
American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas
Jared Schechter
Sedgwick
Schechter
Paula Hopkins
Horizons Mental Health Center
Reno County
Horizons
Hopkins
Harvey County
Townsend
T.” Walton
Shannon T. Moore
Coffey Coun
Marion County
Robert Craft
Susan Crain Lewis
Mental Health America of the
Heartland