County Jails Struggle To Treat Mentally Ill Inmates [nprillinois.org]

Alicia Doktor 9/21/1812:00 PM

DeVonte Jones began to show signs of schizophrenia as a teenager. His first public episode was nine years ago at a ballgame at Wavering Park, in Quincy, Ill.

"He snapped out and just went around and started kicking people," says Jones' mother, Linda Colon, who now lives in a Chicago suburb.

The police were called. Jones was arrested, charged with aggravated battery and placed in Adams County Jail. Colon says Jones had no recollection of what happened.

[For more on this story by CHRISTINE HERMAN, go to http://www.nprillinois.org/pos...ill-inmates#stream/0]

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