New partnership will give Crawford County inmates access to mental health services

After noticing inmates in the Crawford County Jail weren’t getting adequate treatment for mental health issues and substance abuse, a new partnership was born. Crawford County Sheriff Danny Smith, said, “It’s vital that we address mental health.” Crawford County inmates will now have access to a mental health treatment program. Eric Thomason, Director of Behavioral Health Services, Community Health Center SE Kansas, said, “There’s a subset of populations that just aren’t getting adequate treatment and after meeting with Sheriff Smith, we recognized that the Crawford County jail population is one of them.”
Source: KSNF/KODE