Provides background on the legislation that authorizes federal grants to jurisdictions interested in developing collaborative criminal justice/mental health responses to people with mental illnesses.

Date

2010

Source

Council of State Governments Justice Center

Related Information

Page

• Legislation

Justice Center Publication

• Responding to a High-Profile Tragic Incident Involving a Person with a Serious Mental Illness
• Frequently Asked Questions about June, 2009 Psychiatric Services Study of Serious Mental Illness in Jails
• Justice Center Study Brief: Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness among Jail Inmates

Research/Document

• Hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
• Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness Among Jail Inmates
• A Cry for Help

Web Resource

• June 2009 Issue of Psychiatric Services

Press Release

• New Study Documents High Prevalence of Serious Mental Illnesses among Nation's Jail Populations