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Gone to Hell: Mental Illness and Harris County Jail

By Paul Knight August 21, 2008

On December 19, 2006, Alexander Hatcher received about $15,000 in disability payments from Social Security. Diagnosed as bipolar and schizophrenic, Hatcher was off his meds and homeless, and the money was a... More >>>

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Alexander Hatcher thrived at New Start in Houston, a drug rehab program designed for mentally ill patients.

Thomas Lopez-Ramirez oversees inmates in a mental health cell block at the Harris County Jail.

Florence Hatcher moved to Houston from Galveston about a year ago, not long after Alexander was arrested.

Nurses and psych techs were added to the jail staff after an Advocacy, Inc. investigation.

Deborah Hale, a MHMRA psychologist at the Harris County Jail, talks with an inmate.

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Thomas Lopez-Ramirez oversees inmates in a mental health cell block at the Harris County Jail.

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Thomas Lopez-Ramirez oversees inmates in a mental health cell block at the Harris County Jail.

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