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More on Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston

By Kristin Houle

Here's more information on the pilot program designed by Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston, which aims to provide services to those inmates with severe mental illness immediately upon their release from the Harris County Jail. From KUHF-Houston Public Radio News:Health Care For Former Inmates Saves Harris County Money2 June 2008By: Capella TuckerThe Harris County Jail system is said to have one of the best mental health programs. But those services stop once inmates are released. Too often those inmates repeat the same patterns that get them right back jail. Capella Tucker reports on a program that looks to literally walk inmates from the jail doors to clinic doors to stop the cycle of re-incarceration.Click here to listen or read the transcript below...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prevention Not Punishment on June 03, 2008 (boomark / email).