January 2004

January 4, 2004

SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL SEES SHARP RISE IN NUMBER OF MENTALLY ILL PRE–TRIAL DETAINEES

Thousands of men and women are committed to the Suffolk County Jail each year, and each receives the best possible medical care available. The Jail, located at 200 Nashua St. in Boston, processed more than 13,000 pre–trial detainees—men and women arrested—in 2003.