In this week's edition of Facing South Florida: CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede is in Tallahassee where a State Senate Committee tackled the issue of mental health in jails in prisons.
Florida Senate committee heard from Tristin Murphy's mom. Tristin killed himself while in custody.
Jim DeFede reports the Senate Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee will have a hearing focused entirely on mental illness in the criminal justice system.
A new bill would provide mental health counseling sessions for jurors.
The mother of a mentally ill Broward jail inmate is demanding justice after her son died from a brutal beating.
Jim DeFede is in Tallahassee, where a State Senate Committee tackled the issue of mental health in jails and prisons.
A Broward jail employee is on paid leave after a mentally ill inmate died by suicide.
Janard Geffrard won't live to see his 30th birthday after a brutal beating at the Broward jail.
Jim DeFede focused on staffing concerns in Florida with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
On average, a staggering 132 Americans kill themselves every single day. Experts say addressing this major public health crisis requires ending the shame that can be attached to talking about mental health struggles, which prevents those suffering from finding help.
Miami is one of the most stressful cities in America — so what can be done about it? An expert with ties to the CBS News family has answers.
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Jim DeFede and the State Senator discuss mental health and the criminal justice system.
For the first time, CBS News Miami hears from the judge who sentenced Tristin Murphy to state prison.
The judge who sentenced a 37-year-old man to prison on a littering charge – two months before he killed himself with a chainsaw on a work detail at a state prison – is urging the Florida Legislature to take action to address the growing crisis of needlessly placing people with mental illnesses in the criminal justice system.
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Jim DeFede speaks with Judge Steve Leifman in a bonus clip from "Warehoused: The Life and Death of Tristin Murphy."
Jim DeFede gets reaction from a number of mental health experts who watched his one-hour-long documentary.
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