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Alameda County’s faltering mental health system needs reform
COUNTY AFFAIRS: US Department of Justice report reveals undue reliance on Santa Rita Jail for psychiatric treatment
Rachel Lee/Staff
One of the largest providers of mental health services in Alameda County is not a community clinic or treatment center but a jail. And not just any jail: Alameda County Santa Rita Jail, a facility notorious for dangerous and inhumane conditions.
For decades, as access to psychiatric care has dwindled, jails and prisons nationwide have become de facto destinations for people with mental health issues.
Alameda County is no exception. Almost half of the people currently held in Santa Rita Jail struggle with mental health issues. One quarter face severe mental illness. The situation is dire: A recent report by the U.S. Department of Justice, or DOJ, deemed the mental health services provided by Alameda County so abysmal as to be potentially unconstitutional.
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A suspect wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Lynnwood man in a Fred Meyer parking lot last week was arrested in California Monday, according to the Lynnwood Police Department.
The 26-year-old woman accused of
stabbing the 62-year-old man to death last Wednesday was arrested in the Oakland area Monday, said police spokesperson Joanna Small.
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office
last Friday identified the victim as Greg J. McKnight of Lynnwood.
Around noon Jan. 27, police responded to the Fred Meyer in the 4600 block of 196th Street Southwest, where witnesses said the suspect stabbed the victim multiple times during an argument. The suspect then fled the scene in a vehicle with two other individuals. McKnight was transported to Harborview Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.