Mental health bed shortage at the detention center
Calvert County
Summary
The sheriff reported nearly 300 people statewide are waiting on mental health beds, forcing the detention center to hold people who need hospital-level care. The facility provides in-house counseling under an MOU with the health department, but real treatment capacity is lacking statewide.
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Last discussed May 27, 2026.
Impact analysis
The county bears the cost of housing and providing mental health services to inmates who should be in treatment facilities.
Better services would help detainees get proper treatment.
People with mental illness held in jail instead of hospitals, and deputies stretched providing care.
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