A coalition of civil rights organizations has filed a federal class action lawsuit alleging the Missouri Department of Mental Health is illegally leaving people with serious mental illness to deteriorate in jail without court-ordered treatment.
The Due Process Continuity of Care Act would allow individuals to retain Medicaid coverage during pretrial incarceration, preventing the loss of essential health care and reducing recidivism and the cycle of incarceration and crisis care.
The US prison system is failing to provide adequate mental health care to its incarcerated population, with over half of prisoners reporting mental health issues and only 26% receiving professional help, resulting in a system that criminalizes illness and fails at basic human decency.
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