Jail Diversion

A general term for those programs that divert individuals with serious mental illness (and often co-occurring substance use disorders) away from jail and provide links to community-based treatment and support services. The individual thus avoids arrest or spends a significantly reduced time period in jail and/or lockups on the current charge or on violations of probation resulting from previous charges

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It would include: officewide crisis intervention team training and development and the implementation of a post-crisis intervention unit; the hiring of a mental health re-entry specialist who assists inmates' return to the community; and an initiative to develop a jail diversion program for those with mental health issues, Harris said.

Sheriff boots prisoner rehab group

officials announced Thursday that the Tulsa Sobering Center, a jail diversion program designed to offer an alternative for adult men and women detained for public intoxication, will open in May following construction and renovation of the facility.

Construction kicks off for Tulsa Sobering Center

Pinellas Safe Harbor is an emergency homeless shelter and a jail diversion program.

Clearwater, Florida Bail Bonds Agency Supports Area Homeless Shelter

But the committee called on lawmakers to increase the number of beds available in state hospitals, create early intervention for schoolchildren with behavioral health issues, invest in jail diversion programs and increase the state's mental health workforce.

Texas takes early steps to repair or replace its aged mental hospitals

Recommendations: Support the streamlining and expansions of the forensic and jail diversion programs.

State of Nevada Commission on Behavioral Health Report to the Governor, January, 2017

The jail diversion program began in April 2006 with the evaluation period concluding in April 2011.

Jail Diversion for Persons with Serious Mental Illness Coordinated by a Prosecutor's Office

Michelle Albert, LPC, CSOTP, the Jail Diversion Therapist Supervisor for the Alexandria CSB, provided a power point presentation on Alexandria CORE (Collaboration for Recovery and Re-Entry).

SJ 47 Joint Subcommittee update: A vision for public mental health services in Virginia takes shape

It can leverage its experience and that expertise in similar and connected markets, including substance abuse, jail diversion, hospital discharge and care continuum programs.

Relationship of trust keeps patients engaged in care

The proposed budgets also provide funding for the courts that are not part of the branch's request, including in the Senate $1 million for the Charlotte County Justice Center; $350,000 for the Glades Small County Courthouse; $500,000 for Nassau County Courthouse renovations; $1.3 million for Children's Advocacy Center funding (the House budget provides $1.5 million); $1.2 million for mental health jail diversion program; $2 million for Vivitrol drug treatment (to help treat alcohol and opiate drug dependency); $660,000 for drug court funding; $800,000 for veterans court funding (the House budget provides $105,000).

Court system budget proposals released

He now works for Fairfax County on a jail diversion team as a Peer to Peer specialist and is doing great.

General session: journalist Pete Earley explains what is wrong with mental health in the criminal justice system

"A jail diversion program in Massachusetts serving 200 mentally ill people--at an initial cost of $400,000--saved $1.3 million in emergency health services and jail costs, according to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health."