Former jail mental health counselor says infirmary lacks full-time medical staff

Lynn Laird worked for Prison Health Services as a mental health counselor in charge of all the men and juveniles in the county jail. Prison…

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Jail infirmary is not the same under county

When you ask Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown and some of the county commissioners about the rise of suicides and other deaths in the county…

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May 2015 death points to problems with jail infirmary

Since Nov. 1, 2014, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners has had six deaths in its county jail, three of which were suicides. Nationally, around…

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