Mental health department disputes grounds for DOJ investigation
WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s mental health department rejected claims of inadequate mental health services despite an ongoing federal investigation ignited last fall by an Oklahoma law firm that claims data proves the system is failing.
Brian Wilkerson, director of litigation at the Oklahoma Disability Law Center, said that over half ― 67 percent ― of 1,100 booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center six or more times in the past three years had sought services from the state mental health department.