Until workable diversion systems are widely available, people with mental illness need access to appropriate care within jails and prisons.
Access to treatment is sorely lacking. Instead of helping people who need it the most, we are sending them to prisons and jails.
Criminal Justice Involvement of People with Serious Mental Illness
What Is Mental Health Probation?
He’s Not a Criminal, He’s in Crisis
Black Mental Health and the Importance of 988 Legislation
The Voices that Caused Me to Lose Everything
Neuroplasticity II: Recovery After Jail
Neuroplasticity: How I Survived Psychosis and Jail
Criminal Justice Reform Means Reforming the Mental Health System
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