Belize’s Psychiatric Evaluation Crisis: Defendants languish in prison awaiting mental assessments while others walk free without ever being evaluated
By Breaking Belize News Staff: Six months after Breaking Belize News exposed that approximately 40 inmates at the Belize Central Prison were awaiting court-ordered psychiatric evaluations, the shortage of personnel authorized to conduct those assessments remains unresolved, with the Kolbe Foundation now confirming that it has been paying private psychiatrists to assist inmates whose families […] The post Belize’s Psychiatric Evaluation Crisis: Defendants languish in prison awaiting mental assessments while others walk free without ever being evaluated appeared first on Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com .