Tag Archives: Monroe County Correctional Center

The three largest providers of mental health care in America aren’t in hospitals, they’re in jails. According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Justice, about 37 percent of people in prison have a history of mental health problems. More than 24 percent have been previously diagnosed with major depressive disorder, 17 percent with bipolar disorder, 13 percent …

Markus Dickinson is the vice president of New Leaf – New Life, a volunteer run organisation that offers programs both inside and outside the Monroe County Correctional Center, that promote successful reentry into society. In today’s community report, WFHB’s Sydney Foreman talks with Dickinson about teaching linguistics to inmates.