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Tuesday, April 29
The Indiana Daily Student

Healing and Punishment



James Roberts is one of the first participants of Monroe County's new Mental Health Court, a preventative court designed to address offenders' mental health concerns. Roberts was charged with check fraud, a felony, and served a year in the Monroe County Jail beginning in February 2014.

Staying afloat

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Judge Kenneth Todd presides over Mental Health Court, which offers offenders treatment instead of incarceration.


The exterior of the Monroe County Jail on Apr. 28, 2015.

When inmates need help

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The jail is becoming Monroe County's new mental health hospital. With Sunday's suicide, it's apparent some inmates are falling through the cracks.