Oklahoma judge says jail unsafe for mental health detainees
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February 10, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The judge who presides over Oklahoma County's mental health court says the county jail isn't a safe place to house detainees awaiting mental health treatment.
The Oklahoman reports Special Judge Geary Walke says mental health court will no longer keep participants awaiting treatment in custody at the county jail. Instead, they will be released on their own recognizance.
The decision comes one month after 29-year-old U.S. Army veteran Krysten Gonzalez died in her cell at the county jail. The cause of death hasn't been released but officials say Gonzalez hanged herself.
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