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Members of the Mississippi Podiatric Medical Association provided educational tools for lawmakers during their visit to the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi podiatrists want ‘ankle privileges.’ Other doctors may stand in their way
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,02/01/24-5:15PM , 447 Reads 5,586 Statewide
What is a foot?

Underneath the skin, tendons such as the Achilles and muscles such as the tibialis posterior run from the lower leg toward the heel and toe, complicating any attempt at a simple definition.
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Charged with no crime. Locked up for 12 days. He died waiting for help
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,01/30/24-9:21PM , 404 Reads 5,391 Statewide
James Tatsch was not charged with any crime. But when he was found unresponsive in an isolation cell at the Alcorn County Jail on Jan. 17, he had been locked up for 12 days. He died at the local hospital.
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A padded cell used to hold people awaiting psychiatric evaluation and court-ordered treatment at the Adams County jail in Natchez, Mississippi. Lacey Robinette Handjis, a 37-year-old hospice care consultant and mother of two, was found dead in one of the jail's two padded cells in late August, less than 24 hours after she was booked with no criminal charges to await mental health treatment. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Incarcerated Mississippians with mental illness face nation’s second-longest wait for care
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Sat,01/27/24-11:35PM , 446 Reads 8,096 Statewide
Mississippians who need mental health treatment before they can stand trial have to wait in jail longer than people in any other state but Texas, according to a new national study b
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‘Depriving people of their liberty’: Lawmakers question jail without criminal charges
By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Sat,01/27/24-10:21PM , 486 Reads 7,130 Statewide
Restricting the use of jail to detain people who haven’t been charged with a crime – a practice that is extremely rare in the vast majority of the country but common in Mississippi – is a top priority of the Department of Mental Health this session, director Wendy Bailey told lawmakers at a Senate Public Health Committee meeting on Wednesday.&nb
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