Federal Program Fails To Keep Mentally Ill From Guns August 17, 2014 While the National Instant Criminal Background Check System remains the only square inch of compromise between the nation’s divided gun camps, the costly federal program is failing to keep guns away from the dangerously mentally ill.
Miami Herald: Allegations Of Abuse Of Mentally-Ill In Florida Prison May 21, 2014 A new investigative report from The Miami Herald this week profiles a prison in Miami-Dade County where employees have been accused of abusing mentally-ill inmates for “sport.”
Florida Slips Even Lower in Mental Health Funding July 26, 2012 Ashley Lopez: Only Texas spends less than Florida for mental health.
Mental Health Funding at Risk March 9, 2011 Sen. Joe Negron, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, has discussed the possibility of cutting health care by as much as $1.5 billion, with $500 million squeezed from mental health. That’s two-thirds of the current mental health budget in Florida.
