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Jails & Prisons - Behavioral Health Issues

Alternatives to Jails/Prisons

Jail Closed in Miami-Dade County, Saving Taxpayers $12 Million per year:  In 2000, Florida’s 11th Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County established a program that diverts people who have serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders, but who don’t pose a threat to public safety, into community-based care instead of jail. As a result of the program, the county has been able to close an entire jail, saving taxpayers $12 million per year. The recidivism rate has dropped from 75 to 20 percent.  Miami Herald, 2016


Reports

Criminal Justice and Mental Health Project Report, MHSOAC, Dec. 2017

Conducting Timely Mental Health Screening and Assessment in Jails Recorded Webinar:  
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From the Stepping Up Initiative, April 2017


When did prisons become acceptable mental healthcare facilities?,
​Stanford Law School Three Strikes Project

Position Statement 56:  Mental Health Treatment in Correctional Facilities,
​Mental Health America (MHA)

Mentally Ill Persons in Corrections, National Institute of Corrections

Processing & Treatment of Mentally Ill Persons in the Criminal Justice System:  A Scan of Practice and Background Analysis, (2015) Urban Institute
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Impact of Disproportionate Incarceration and Violence Against Black People with Mental Health Conditions In the World's Largest Jail System, (2014) Dignity and Power Now


News

Health Care Revamp at The L.A. County Jails, California Healthline, 2018  The effort, overseen by the county's health services department, aims to imrove care for a population with high rates of chronic disease, mental illness and drug addiction.

Napa County breaks ground on $17 Million Correctional Re-Entry facility
- "There will be classrooms and program space available to meet the needs for mental health counseling, alcohol and drug rehabilitation, and job training and employment services, among others, that help offenders become self-sufficient productive members of society once they’re released."


Judge Threatens $1,000-A-Day California Mental Health Fines, April, 2017 US News & World Report
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Spike in LA Jail inmates with mental illness leads to new policies, April, 2017 ABC News

Stanislaus County opens a new criminal detention center with mental health and rehabilitation space, March 2017: LA Times

SLO Man Dies Awaiting Mental Health Transfer, January 2017: New Times SLO

California County Settles Joint Action Lawsuit over Jail Medical and Mental Health Care, January 2017: Prison Legal News

LA Task Force Suggests ways to divert Mentally Ill from Jails, 2015: LA Times



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