In Texas, those charged with crimes and found mentally incompetent are entitled to treatment at a state hospital before returning to jail and standing trial. The failing system waitlists hundreds. Sometimes they die sooner than receiving treatment.
Community & Public Health
A trio of reporters offer a masterful examination of the overuse, underuse and misuse of medical care in America.
This project was produced as part of the 2021 National Fellowship with USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
Other stories by Natalie Krebs include:
"There used to be a time when license plates had numbers on it for each county based on population and Pulaski County was one and Jefferson County and Mississippi County were two and three."
This story was written by SweSwe Aye while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2021 California Fellowship.
Her other stories include:
Part 1: Burmese American Community's Vaccination Efforts
Part 2: Health and mortality impacts on Burmese Community by COVID-19 pandemic
Home designs imported to the Arctic from elsewhere are contributing to health problems that disproportionately affect Alaska Natives.
Faced with daunting gaps in water and sewer systems, some Alaska Native communities are thinking small.
While progress to address poor birth outcomes among Black Oklahomans has been slow, women are taking action themselves.
That state’s new drug reform is keeping users out of jail — but getting them help for addictions has been elusive.
The Cook County state’s attorney recently learned her former physical trainer is addicted to heroin and has been in and out of jail for it.