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Lawsuit Exposes Lack of Mental Health Assistance in the Prison System

I spend a lot of my spare time studying and advocating for crime and prison reform. I’ve never been to prison but it’s something I’m extremely passionate about.

I ran across this story and it really triggered me to want to open up more discussion about what can be done behind bars to not only rehabilitate criminals, but create a pipeline for mental health services that are very much needed both during the entry and residency stages.

After watching the system fail over and over my opinion is it does not a bit of good to send criminals to prison and offer no options to help them navigate both in and outside prison life. Doing the opposite will continue to perpetuate more criminal activity and negligence lawsuits such as this one. I hope this family receives the proper compensation.

There also has to be some kind of clinical medical care provided for substance abuse users. Let’s be honest, drugs are real and people use them. Detox is a crucial phase of rehabilitation.

Why not use our tax dollars to address these issues plaguing the prison system. Doing that will in term rehab the criminals. When we rehab the criminals — down goes the crime. It’s simple math. And a win for us all.

According to CNN – A lawsuit has been filed in Indiana on behalf of a man with a history of schizophrenia and substance abuse who died in 2021 while he was being held in solitary confinement.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks compensatory and punitive damages.

The complaint accuses jailers of putting Joshua McLemore in a small, windowless, padded isolation cell, during his nearly three-week stay at the Jackson County jail where he reportedly suffered from dehydration and malnutrition.

Killers of Shanquella Robinson Will Not Face Any Criminal Charges Due to Lack of Evidence

This has to be the most blatant and atrocious miscarriage of justice for this young lady.

It never ceases to amaze me how black and brown people continue to be grossly neglected by the legal system — unless we are the defendants.

I truly believe if Shanquella were Caucasian her attackers would have immediately been held accountable.

U.S. prosecutors claim there is not enough evidence to file any charges against anyone involved in the attack.

How is this possible?

Not even assault? Nothing?! So apparently a viral recording of her beating at the hands of her attackers was not enough evidence?

Unbelievable. Rest in Power Shanquella.

Autopsy Reveals Traces of Fentanyl, Heroin for Rap Legend Coolio Cause of Death

Coolio. Photo Credit: The New York Times

Damn! If you came up in the 90s era you know about Coolio. His hit song “Gangster’s Paradise” dominated the airwaves, charts & music television networks like MTV, VH1 & BET.

The video was dope as hell.

It’s sad to see another legend go down due to drug abuse. Fentanyl is so dangerous and the narcotic is being found in more and more street drugs & pills, and at an extremely alarming rate. Sometimes the user has no idea they are even consuming the drug. The effects can be deadly.

RIP Coolio.

Baller Alert — The “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper’s manager Jarel (Jarez) Posey, confirmed Thursday that he died due to fentanyl. Coolio’s family also said he had traces of heroin and methamphetamines in his system. Investigators also determined that the rapper’s severe asthma and decades-long cigarette use also played a factor in his death and his body’s inability to fight back, TMZ reports.