State lawmakers to focus on mental health and incarceration

SALEM, Ore. (AP) � State lawmakers are vowing to take on the link between mental health problems and incarceration in the upcoming legislative session. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Thursday that about half of all inmates locked up in Oregon have mental health issues, and that’s partly because police officers have nowhere else to take them.


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