Sheriffs: Closing mental hospitals fills jails with innocent people

Sheriffs: Closing mental hospitals fills jails with innocent people

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ViewThe closing of state-run psychiatric hospitals has filled county jails with people who should not be there, according to several Tennessee sheriffs.

Coffee County Sheriff Chad Partin and Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller said deputies are often forced to arrest mental health patients in emergency rooms.

Many of those...

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