Record #:

27705

Author(s):

Ball, Billy

Abstract:

North Carolina prisons are currently operating with dozens of vacant positions for mental health workers. Vacancies were reported to have had a “very negative” impact on patient care by the Department of Public Services in 2012. Inmates with mental illnesses are increasing and the lack of staff to accommodate them has already been attributed to helping cause Michael Anthony Kerr’s death in 2014.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 44, November 2014, p10

Subject(s):

Mental illness--Treatment; Prisons; Prisoners--Medical care