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Early treatment could cut costs, improve safety

posted February 25, 2008

RALEIGH – North Carolina counties could boost public safety, cut costs, and improve health outcomes by steering the mentally ill away from jail and toward community-based care. That’s the major…
Research Report

Jail Diversion Programs: A step toward better mental health reform

posted February 25, 2008 by Joseph Coletti

Sixteen percent of all jail and prison inmates have serious mental illness. One in every 10 police encounters involves a mentally ill individual.

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