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  2. Compassionate release - Wikipedia

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    Under the United States' Federal law, for example, inmates may be released to care for a minor child or debilitated spouse in the absence of other family caregivers. This is intended to be after the death or debilitation of the child's primary caregiver in the former case or the finding of permanent mental or physical disability of the spouse ...

  3. Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons

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    A 2017 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics noted that 54.3% of prisoners and 35% of jail inmates who had experienced serious psychological distress in the past 30 days have received mental health treatment since admission to the current facility, and 63% of prisoners and 44.5% of jail inmates with a history of a mental health problem ...

  4. Texas Takes Intellectually Disabled Inmate Off Death Row - AOL

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    Since his sentencing, his lawyers have argued that Mays—who has schizophrenia and an IQ of 63—is too severely intellectually disabled to be executed. In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v.

  5. List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and ...

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    From the source report: "This graph shows the number of people in state prisons, local jails, federal prisons, and other systems of confinement from each U.S. state and territory per 100,000 people in that state or territory and the incarceration rate per 100,000 in all countries with a total population of at least 500,000." [26]

  6. Family of developmentally disabled woman sues after ...

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    Kelly Masten’s family called 911 when the 38-year-old woman with the mind of a child was upset, hoping for medical help. Instead, Masten was jailed for 11 days and ended up in a coma in the ICU.

  7. 2nd Texas death row inmate declared intellectually disabled - AOL

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    For the second time in as many weeks, Texas’ highest criminal court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of an inmate after agreeing with findings that he was ineligible to be executed ...

  8. Texas state supported living centers - Wikipedia

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    The facility serves 28 counties and is home to approximately 330 people who have Intellectual Disabilities and varying degrees of disability. The average age is 46. Lufkin State Supported Living Center is the fourth-largest employer in Angelina County , with a workforce of approximately 1,100.

  9. Abuse, neglect and death: How Texas fails thousands of ... - AOL

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