Legislature’s funding boost to expand Anoka mental health hospital aims to reduce numbers of severely mentally ill in Minnesota’s jail

Legislature’s funding boost to expand Anoka mental health hospital aims to reduce numbers of severely mentally ill in Minnesota’s jail

Although the biennial budget recently passed by Minnesota lawmakers was mostly one of cuts, there was one bright spot for those watching the growing space where criminal justice and mental health intersect: the $75 million expansion of the state’s main secure mental health hospital in Anoka. The multiyear demolition and replacement of the Miller building of Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center will add 50 beds to the hospital’s current capacity…