Opinion: Reduce recidivism by expanding inmate mental health care
Van D. Turner Jr.
Van Turner serves on the Shelby County Commission and serves as chairperson of the commission’s Committee on Hospitals and Health.
It is our duty to craft a comprehensive set of requirements that addresses reform and rehabilitation; our failure to do so is a financial and public safety risk to our community.
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