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Council members question Dr. Patricia Marthone about mental health services in correctional facilities
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Council Members Keith Powers and Gale A. Brewer engage in a Q&A session with Dr. Patricia Marthone, a nominee for the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation board. The discussion focuses on mental health services in correctional facilities, particularly the availability and implementation of psychiatric beds at various locations.
- Councilmember Brewer inquires about the status of correctional health beds at Rikers, Bellevue, Woodhall, and in The Bronx.
- Dr. Marthone provides a cautious response, acknowledging the existence of these services and their expansion, but expresses uncertainty about sharing specific details.
- The interaction highlights the ongoing challenges and developments in providing mental health care within the correctional system.
Keith Powers
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Great.
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Well thank you.
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Congratulations on your nomination.
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Questions?
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Councilmember Brewer?
Gale A. Brewer
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Thank you.
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I've been listening online.
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I teach at Hunter College this morning, and actually mental health comes up from the students about all the challenges they face.
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My question is just, and I don't think it got asked if it did tell me.
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Correctional health at Rikers, fifty beds at Bellevue, some at Woodhall, some in The Bronx.
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Does that come up?
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Is it happening?
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Do you have any discussion about that on the board about these beds?
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Because they're very slow in coming online.
Dr. Patricia Marthone
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Forgive me if I if I don't say something that I think maybe I'm not allowed to say that I know is public, but I I do believe that, one, these are services that are increasing because there are, spaces being built out for them.
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But other than that I do not know if I can speak to any other interaction.
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I do know they exist and I do know that we we have that please forgive me for that.
Gale A. Brewer
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Thank you very much.
Keith Powers
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Other questions?
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Thanks for being with us.