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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

By Mary Katherine Wildeman · Thursday, April 30,2015 12:17 a.m.

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

By Mary Katherine Wildeman · Wednesday, April 29,2015 12:03 a.m.

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.

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