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West Virginia's Mental Health Court |
| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION: |
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals |
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West Virginia |
| YEAR ESTABLISHED: |
2002 |
| LEVEL OF JURISDICTION: |
County |
| ISSUE AREA: |
Courts: Adjudication and Sentencing |
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Program Overview
Our community is collaborating to link the criminal justice system with the mental health system. The Northern Panhandle Mental Health Court is a significant step in enhancing public safety and realistically dealing with repeat offenders whose major crime is unttreated mental health illness. The NPMHC is a diversion program .
In order to be accepted into the program, defendants must meet the following legal and clinical admission criteria:
Have primmary Axis I diagnosis of menatl illness.
Charged with a misdemeanor or a felony.
Do not present an unreasonable risk of harm to self, others, or community.
Agree to participate in and cooperate with the program.
Treatment must be available to address defendant's mental illness.
Defendant acknowledges a willingness to take thier medications.
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Program Contact:
james lee
(jameslee@wvcrt.org)
Administrative Counsel & Deputy Director for Mental Health Services
Administrative Office of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Capitol Complex Building 1, Room E-100
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, E.
Charleston,
West Virginia 25305
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>> Q & A
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Recent Updates
Training for MHC
4 Blocks Sponsored by: Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance,West Virginia Court of Appeals, and Wheeling Jesuit University.
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Recent Dialogue
Question for
Everyone
The King County Mental Health Court is struggling to balance its success in referrals with resources earmarked for it. Especially in terms of size of court calendars and available calendar time, caseload/ workload numbers, etc. The dedicated defense team and other team members are feeling overwhelmed and are asking how other MHCs address caseload and calendar size. Can you provide info from your court re this? Our caseload is about 1/3 felony reduced to misdemeanor and 2/3 misdemeanor charges.
- Lois Smith
03/02/07 04:18 PM EST
A: from james lee,
Contact Person
We limit our program to 50 offenders at a time.
- james lee 03/06/07 11:31 AM EST
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Program Description
The MHC is dived into two phases.
PhaseI, defendants will undergo a series of assessments to determine ,mental health, chemical dependency,housing, vocational,educational, and criminogenic needs. Individualized treatment plans will be developede based upon assessment results and professional and defendant input. This the intensive portion of the program with numerous sevices offered to aid i developing a psychiatrically stable and crime-free life plan.
PhaseII is a stepped down phase with lee intensive sevices given to derfendants with a focas on successsful integration back to the community at the least restictive supervision level possible and appropriate. Upon completion of phase I and II the charge will be dimissed at graduation.
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