AUG 10, 2004

Questioning whether individuals who have been evaluated and determined to be mentally ill or mentally retarded and ordered committed to a state mental health facility for in patient care or treatment may be placed in jail for safekeeping.

Requested by: Mary C. Ammons, LPN, Detention Center Nurse, Marion County Detention Center and W. T. Johnson, Major, Director of Detention, Marion County Detention Center

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