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Oct 15, 2026
Fixing Mental Health, Recidivism, and Prison Post-Release Care in Tennessee
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2:28Pat JustusGUEST
Um, I was at TDOC for nine years, and prior to that I did mobile crisis, and during mobile crisis my clients were suicidal, homicidal, and psychotic, so I got a good strong background in mental health.
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2:46Pat JustusGUEST
All too often you hear the statements, "We wish there would've been signs." The signs are there, people just do not know how to read those signs.
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2:54Pat JustusGUEST
Um, that being said, when it actually comes to the prison system, the jail system, there's a major flaw in that, in that people will be medicated while they're in jail or while they're in prison, but at the point they walk out the door, they're not receiving the mental healthcare that they need to.
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3:11Pat JustusGUEST
So there's a, a, a gap that needs to be bridged between the time people walk out of the jail and they get the mental health treatment.