Action | Mental Health Skill-building Services |
Stage | Emergency/NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 12/11/2013 |
As an unintended consequence of the well-intentioned deinstitutionalization movement, our jails and prisons are full of individuals taking psychotropic medications who might not be incarcerated at all if they had received adequate mental health services. We can reduce expenditures for correctional facilities by expanding access to appropriate treatment.