Colusa County paid $850,000 to the family of a mentally ill woman who committed suicide while awaiting trial in its jail facility, federal court records show. In a settlement reached in August and paid out earlier this month, the Northern California county did not admit wrongdoing in the case. But her family’s attorney, Mark Merin, said Neil’s death – along with the cost to the county – were the latest examples of the criminal justice system’s lack of policies and resources to deal with offenders who have mental health problems.