Counties Aim to Reduce Number of Mentally Ill in Jail

· Apr. 5, 2010, 4:00 pm

A Metro Denver Task Force finds reducing the numbers of mentally ill in jail could cut the jail population in half - and save money.Host Ryan Warner speaks with the task force co-chairs:Paul Siska, Undersheriff for Adams County and Rick Doucet, the Executive Director of the Community Reach Centerâ€”also in Adams County.

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