Advocacy groups call for more programs for at-risk people, not more jail cells

A coalition of mental health and prisoners’ rights advocates gathered at the Statehouse on Thursday to criticize a plan issued by the Scott administration in January for a 925 prison and mental health complex in Franklin County.
The plan does not appear to have enough support in the Legislature to pass this year, and its longer-term prospects are uncertain, at best. One part of the plan that has drawn the most ire is the idea that a private company would build the facility and lease it bac