Lawmakers Continue to Discuss Changes to Criminal Justice System, Including Mental Health Reform
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Jails across Virginia are becoming de facto mental institutions as more and more inmates arrive every day with serious mental illness. And, lawmakers are hoping better treatment in jail might free up psychiatric beds for those not caught up in the criminal justice system. Micheal Pope reports.
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