Mental health and crime: Mother shares son’s battle in getting treatment

That means more people with a mental illness in jail beds instead of treatment facilities.

News Center 7’s I-Team spoke to to Camela Staten about her son’s struggles with mental illness and how getting treatment is often an expensive and difficult process.

Starting shortly after his Dunbar High School graduation, his mental health battle has left a trail of mug shots two years later.

Tune in at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, as Mike Campbell digs deeper into how untreated and diagnosed mental illnesses are impacting public safety and what officials are doing to try and get people the help they need.