Home » Crime » Texas » Push Made To Move Mentally Ill Convicts From Jail To Treatment Push Made To Move Mentally Ill Convicts From Jail To Treatment Jan 4, 2013 By Dennis Spellman Share (Credit: ThinkStockImages) Houston democrat Sylvester Turner will lead the way this legislative session attempting to get mentally ill convicts out of prisons and into treatment facilities. News 92 FM’s Dennis Spellman reports: Download: mentally-ill-convicts-vw1-dennis.wav Share Tags: convicts » Dennis Spellman » houson » illness » inmates » jail » mental » mentally ill » Sylvester Turner » texas » treatment