Consensus Project releases overview of legislative approaches
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The Consensus Project has produced a new publication that describes selected legislative approaches to improving the response to people with mental illness who are involved with, or at risk of involvement with, the criminal justice system.
Although solutions to this problem do not necessarily require new laws, bipartisan legislative action can facilitate cross-system collaboration or spur the development of creative programs and policies. The statutes described here illustrate some legislaturesÂ’ approaches to addressing the overrepresentation of people with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
