Tony Mantor

I recently spoke with a sheriff in Cape Cod.

In her county the sheriff takes care of the prison system.

They don't patrol and only go out on forensic issues with crime scenes.

It appears that it's a groundbreaking scenario where the sheriff and the deputies watch over the inmates by making sure that while they're there, they are helped, educated, treated.

So when they are released, there's a very high percentage that never come back.

From what I understand, it's much like the judge down in Florida.

that created a facility that was much the same.

They treated them, gave them shelter, and by diverting them to this facility, again, they never showed back up in front of the judge.

Does your state have anything like this at all?

What about the person that gets caught up in the legal system, unfortunately winds up incarcerated?

Then if they have mental illness that has not been diagnosed, they can wind up in solitary, which is the worst thing that could happen.

Does your state have something set in place to where they can get help right away if they need it?

I've heard of some states where they

They have gone up to a year without getting any type of medical help.

And that just seems like it's way too long.

So telehealth is good.

Unfortunately, it's not the optimum.

How do we get to the point of where it doesn't matter what county that you're in?

You're not the only one I've heard that from.

I've heard other people in other states say that they were told, oh, it's too bad that you didn't live in this county.