Rural jail struggles to find care for mentally ill inmates
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A rural Colorado jail struggles to care for mentally ill inmates.
With the closest mental health facilities hours away, a rural Colorado jail can offer detainees with mental illness little more than a cinder block cell and a suicide blanket.
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Rural jail struggles to find care for mentally ill inmates
Clip: Season 4 Episode 2 | 8m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
With the closest mental health facilities hours away, a rural Colorado jail can offer detainees with mental illness little more than a cinder block cell and a suicide blanket.
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