Justice Center Holds Congressional Staff Briefing on the Criminal Justice System and People with Mental Illnesses
On March 5, 2007 the Council of State Governments Justice Center held a briefing in Washington, D.C. on improving responses to people with mental illness involved in the criminal justice system. The event was cosponsored by the National Alliance for Mental Illness, the National Sheriffs Association, the National Association of Counties and many other national organizations that work on this issue.