Horry County inmates with psychological well being circumstances may very well be required to enroll in help program
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – In keeping with police data courting again to 2008, Lucas Standridge has been out and in of jail.
These data present Standridge, who’s initially from Anderson County, was arrested for forgery in 2008, disorderly conduct in 2016 and trespassing in 2020.
After being reported lacking in June, he was arrested two extra instances in July and was accused of beginning a fireplace on Waites Island on July 17. As of Aug. 5, Standridge stays on the J. Reuben Lengthy Detention Middle in Horry County after being denied bond for burning lands of one other with out consent.
When he was reported lacking, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Workplace talked about Standridge suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar illness.
It brings up the query of how a lot South Carolina works to help inmates and others arrested with psychological well being points.
Again in January, the South Carolina Division of Probation, Parole and Pardon Companies launched a program to assist inmates with their psychological well being. This system additionally supplied psychological wellness sources.
Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson says crimes like disorderly conduct and trespassing will not be unusual for inmates dealing with psychological diseases.
“You must be referred into psychological well being court docket with a foundation from a felony cost and that’s simply what we obtained proper now,” mentioned Richardson.
Richardson mentioned this system would require an individual who’s arrested to have dedicated a felony to qualify for help.
He added the psychological well being court docket course of is just for a interval of two years.
The particular person arrested additionally will get to determine in the event that they wish to enroll in this system, however Richardson mentioned he’s working with the South Carolina Division of Probation, Parole and Pardon to make psychological well being court docket necessary.
“Proper now our program is voluntary, the defendant may simply say hey I’d quite simply go to jail than psychological well being court docket or drug court docket,” mentioned Richardson. “One factor that we’ve talked about is when an individual violates probation to maneuver them right into a psychological well being or drug court docket program involuntarily.
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