Multnomah County jails also lost their psychiatrist

Multnomah County jails also lost their psychiatrist

In 2017, Multnomah County hired a psychiatrist to lead its move to the downtown jail, applauded by disability rights advocates who said it would improve mental health care. Five years later, this psychiatrist left. WW has learned. The position has disappeared from the budget documents. The county won’t say why. It’s not a good situation, …

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Marin County to expand involuntary medication of inmates

Marin County to expand involuntary medication of inmates

Marin County plans to expand a program to administer drugs to inmates against their will. Last fall, the Oversight Board authorized court-ordered medications to be administered to inmates deemed unfit to stand trial without their consent, if necessary. Before this authorization, detainees had to stay in prison for months until a bed was available in …

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