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Police, jails becoming de facto health care providers

Police, jails becoming de facto health care providers

Law enforcement officers responding to more calls of individuals in mental crisis

Mental health care advocates say issues stemming from law enforcement officers responding to individuals in mental crisis are symptomatic of a greater problem.

36-year-old AWOL inmate taken into custody

36-year-old AWOL inmate taken into custody

Dawn Derouin did not return to jail at scheduled time Monday, officials say

Madison police took 36-year-old Dawn M. Derouin into custody Tuesday after she was reported missing from the Dane County Jail Monday afternoon.