In Texas, the Waitlist for a Bed at a State Mental Hospital Hits an All-Time High
During her years as a Burnet County criminal magistrate judge, Roxanne Nelson was at the jail every Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. She saw how county jails dealt with people with mental illnesses accused of committing crimes. “When I started in March 2010, if I couldn’t get…