Metro Atlanta nonprofit pushes for mental health resources at Fulton County Jail [Video]
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A Metro Atlanta nonprofit wrote letters to officials regarding mental health resources in Fulton County Jail and asked for assistance.

Lamar Handy has a nonprofit called the DL Handy Foundation and addressed one of the letters to Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat asking what current programs are in place and if his organization is able to provide its own help to inmates.

“Even though people are incarcerated, people still deserve to have fair treatment,” Handy said. “And then to have resources needed, especially when dealing with things such as mental health.”

Handy knows firsthand what it’s like to have a loved one incarcerated while suffering from mental illness. But he said it’s the feeling of not knowing if they’re being taken care of that makes it hard.

There are similar stories of Fulton County inmates, like Samuel Lawrence, who suffered from mental illness and died in jail.

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