A Documentary outlining the incarcerated and the state of their mental health will be showing in Clinton next week.

The documentary, titled Shortchanged: Unjailing the Mentally Ill, was produced by Clinton resident and journalist, Edith Brady-Lunny. She explains the documentary is the byproduct of a string of articles she wrote about the McLean County Sheriff's office.

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Brady-Lunny, who is a court reporter, says she finds herself writing on inmates with mental illnesses, which is what drove her to put together the series of stories, then the documentary.

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May 26 at 6:30 pm, the documentary will be shown at Clinton's First Christian Church. The showing is free and representatives from the DeWitt County Sheriff's office and the DeWitt County Human Resource Center will join in a panel to discuss the issues brought up in the documentary following it's showing.

We'll have more on the event in Clinton this week on Regional Radio News.