DELAWARE — Full-time mental health services are returning to the Delaware County Jail after county commissioners approved a new agreement with the jail’s medical provider.
The one-year, nearly $125,000 contract addendum with Prime Care will place a full-time mental health professional inside the jail to provide screenings, diagnostics, counseling, case management and re-entry planning for incarcerated individuals.
The move comes after the jail’s previous provider, Maryhaven, could no longer provide a full-time staff member following a resignation, according to county officials…