Mental health issues beset prisoners
Jail is no fun place to be. The Oconee Sheriff on Friday told a meeting in Seneca that between 30 and 40 percent of the inmate population has battled depression. At least once a week a service is extended to the county’s prisoners. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says a mental health professional makes a weekly visit to the jail in Walhalla to evaluate prisoners. Crenshaw says part of the old jail might be a good place for a pilot program for prisoners with mental health issues.