Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Special court making inroads treating mentally ill criminals (Pennsylvania) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story - "At a time when many communities are trying to keep criminal offenders with mental illnesses out of prisons and jails, the state's first mental health court has shown promising results. About 84 percent of people served by the Allegheny County Mental Health Court have stayed out of trouble with the law while under the court's supervision, according to the county Department of Human Services.."  
  

County renews prisoner mental health program (Iowa) WCF Courier story - "The Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors last week renewed an agreement with the state to pay for an individual to secure mental health services for prisoners and hold down the County Jail population The board approved an agreement with the 1st Judicial District Department of Correctional Services to continue University of Northern Iowa graduate Sara Carter's services evaluating and coordinating prisoner mental health needs and services. The county entered into the pilot program in late 2003 on a trial basis..."