WFAE has been reporting on the struggles of inmates living with mental illness waiting for a state hospital bed. But it isn’t just inmates who wait. On average, North Carolinians who go to an emergency room in crisis, wait 16 days for a state psychiatric hospital bed.
For the past three weeks, WFAE’s "Fractured" series has reported on the struggles of inmates living with mental illness. But it isn’t just inmates who wait. On average, North Carolinians who go to an emergency room in crisis wait 16 days for a state psychiatric hospital bed.
How North Carolina got the math wrong on mental health whqr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from whqr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Half of the prison population, who are deemed incapable to stand trial, end up waiting longer than 300 days, according to a year-long investigation by WFAE in Charlotte
For the last two weeks, WFAE with support from the PBS series, "FRONTLINE" has been examining the problem of inmates living with mental illness. This week we focus on ways to help former inmates stay out of jail. And the ways the system fails to do that.