Mental Health Care and Suicide Prevention. Columbus shall provide adequate mental health services to inmates at the Jail, in accordance with constitutional standards. To that end, Columbus agrees to the following:
Mental Health Care and Suicide Prevention. The goal of this subsection of the Agreement is to ensure that, consistent with constitutional standards, Defendant provides prisoners with adequate mental health care. Prior to adopting and implementing each of the remedial measures in this subsection, Defendant shall consult with and obtain approval from the Monitor and DOJ. The Monitor and DOJ shall provide approval only when the Defendant’s approach to adopting and implementing any given remedial measure is entirely consistent with the goal of ensuring that Defendant provides adequate mental health care to the Jail’s prisoners. Unless otherwise indicated, Defendant shall provide the Monitor and DOJ with first drafts of policies, procedures, training curricula and other remedial measures they propose to adopt within 100 days of the Effective Date. These remedial measures shall be adopted no later than 60 days after approval by the Monitor and DOJ and fully implemented no later than 200 days after approval by the Monitor and DOJ.
