Burnet County launches jail mental health program

Burnet County is launching a program that could be at or near the cutting edge of mental health working with jail inmates.County commissioners on Tuesday approved an unpaid intern pro- gram that would put a mental health worker in the county jail to work with prisoners with mental health problems.The project will start June 1 and end in Au- gust, said Chief Coun - ty Magistrate Tamara Tinney, who…

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