Prisons to Offer Inmates Specialized Psychiatric Care

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 10, 2026 · Originally reported August 10, 2026 by El Heraldo

Honduras is deploying psychiatric teams in its prisons to identify, diagnose, and treat inmates with mental-health disorders, the first such initiative jointly run by the Health Ministry and the penitentiary system.

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