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Committed to Jail

How Mississippi Jails People for Mental Illness

In Mississippi, many people awaiting court-ordered treatment for mental illness or substance abuse are jailed, even though they haven’t been charged with a crime.

Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards.

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today,

Mississippi Remains an Outlier in Jailing People With Serious Mental Illness Without Charges

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today, and Mollie Simon, ProPublica,

Their Families Said They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail Without Charges.

by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today, with data analysis by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, reporting by Mollie Simon, ProPublica,