Jefferson County mental health program works to alleviate crisis.

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Story by Rocio De La Fe, kfdm.com

Beaumont — The Jefferson County sheriff’s office working to address the mental health crisis plaguing southeast Texas.

Kaylee Allen is the mental health coordinator at the Jefferson county jail. It’s a unique position and a fairly new one. The mental health program at the facility began in 2018. It was created to deal with the influx of mental health issues among the inmate population…

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