Jails & Prisons - Behavioral Health Issues
Alternatives to Jails/PrisonsStepping Up Toolkit Can Help Counties Address People with Mental Illnesses In Jails, CA State Association of Counties
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 |
ReportsCriminal Justice and Mental Health Project Report, MHSOAC, Dec. 2017
Conducting Timely Mental Health Screening and Assessment in Jails Recorded Webinar: 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 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 |
NewsCSAC Helps Kick Off "Stepping Up for Mental Health Initiative California State Association of Counties
Big Jump Seen In Number Of Inmates Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs In California National Public Radio, May 2018 Psychotropic Drug Use Up Sharply As Jails House More People With Mental Illness, CA Healthline / KQED May 2018 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 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 |