NYC Mayor Adams says a new jail will be for inmates with mental illness 03:59. Polson, Montana — When someone accused of a crime in this small northwestern Montana town needs mental health care ...

A closet-sized isolation cell in the Lake County jail has become a place of last resort as patients in mental health crisis wait for beds at the state-run mental hospital.

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P OLSON, Mont. — When someone accused of a crime in this small northwestern Montana town needs mental health care, chances are they’ll be locked in a basement jail cell the size of a walk-in ...

The Lake County jail has two roughly 30-square-foot cells used to isolate prisoners, including people in a mental health crisis. Some are held there for months as they wait for an open bed at the ...