Mental health and addiction emerge as legislative priorities
The state’s dearth of treatment resources claimed a lot of air time as lawmakers met this week, even with debate on contentious budget cuts weeks away.
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Retiring sheriff’s letter details mental health crises in jails
People in mental health crises spend months in county jails because Wyoming’s resources are strained. The long running problem is not restricted to adult offenders.
Lampert: Budget cuts will drive people back into prisons
A loss of funding for substance abuse treatment programs could increase the number of felons who wind up back in prison, the director of the Wyoming Department of Corrections says.
On the cusp of an important discussion with lawmakers, Director …
Cuts fray Wyoming’s social safety net
Wyoming cut $3 million from substance abuse, mental health and suicide prevention programs, and more than $16.5 million from related treatments.
Legislature acted against mental health programs
More than $13 million of cuts to mental health and substance abuse programs will have real effects.
