Collected Item: “Inmates witnessed a suicide attempt. They received coloring pages instead of counseling.”
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Inmates witnessed a suicide attempt. They received coloring pages instead of counseling.
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article
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After requesting support for mental health issues four time a covid positive inmate set the medical isolation unit they were in on fire. That's where this article begins but it covers much more about the lack of mental healthcare inside prisons and its effect on inmates during the pandemic.
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mental health, suicide, incarceration, prison, women's prison
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/they-witnessed-a-suicide-attempt-they-received-coloring-books-instead-of-counseling/2020/07/25/e4490bfe-cdbd-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html
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Eileen Guo
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2020-07-26