Jail inmates have yet to be provided a legal requirement of mental health care during incarceration.

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Inmates have a legal right to mental health care during incarceration, as established by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Estelle v. Gamble (1976), which ruled that deliberate indifference to serious medical needs of prisoners constitutes the "unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain," thus violating the Eighth Amendment.

Jail Inmates Have Yet to Be Provided a Legal Requirement