The Summit County Jail will be changing the way it houses people with mental health and addiction issues this year.
The jail is creating a new unit for people struggling with mental health issues, as well as those on suicide watch or with other medical issues, to provide better treatment and the support they need to get back on their feet when they’re released.
“Jails have become mental health institutions more so than retention centers,” Sheriff Kandy Fatheree said, “because all the people coming in have so many mental health and addiction issues.”…