COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – The Muscogee County Prison is expanding mental health services for inmates as part of a plan to prepare them for life after release.
The prison holds over 500 inmates, with 48 of them expected to be released back into the Columbus area within the next three years. The mental health services are intended to ensure those individuals are ready to return to society before they are released.
Muscogee County Prison Warden Herbert Walker said the prison has reached a new contract with New Horizon Behavioral Health. The services are for inmates who will be integrating back into the Muscogee County area…