Metropolitan Community College, CHI Health partner to tackle mental health in criminal justice system
More than half of those incarcerated suffer from mental health illness. That's the driving force for Metro Community ...
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Criminal justice liaison a key change in community mental health services
Melanie Thevenow came to Centerstone in Nashville, but not as the substance use recovery coach she is today. She’s candid ...
Lawmakers expected to endorse settlement between state, mental health clients
A legislative resolution that lays out a settlement between the mental health department and a group that sued the state is ...
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A look at the Black mental health crisis
Studies show that only 25 percent of African Americans seek mental health treatment compared to 40 percent of white Americans ...
Trump should follow the Florida and Virginia models on criminal justice reform
President Donald Trump should look to Florida and Virginia for a model of good criminal justice reform policies.
The court system is shot through with addiction, so let’s start dealing with it
National, state and local data show that our crime and child safety problems are driven largely by addiction and mental ...
16th Street Mall stabbing suspect’s path marked by mental illness, homelessness, drug use
The path he walked from panhandling in the South to being charged with killing two people along the heart of Denver’s ...
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The moment of mental health crisis becomes a General Assembly priority
That difficult -- sometimes terrifying -- moment when someone’s psychosis or neurological disorder sparks an act that brings police to the scene has become a focus of attention for the General ...
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'A great calling': Veterans Treatment Court graduates 3 locals looking to change their lives
A very special ceremony took place Wednesday for three of our local veterans at the Clark County Regional Justice Center.
Opinion
We could get commonsense criminal justice reforms with Pam Bondi as Attorney General
Take the nomination of Pam Bondi for Attorney General, for example. Jason Pye is the vice president of Due Process Institute. [ Due Process Institute ] Although there was a marked contrast in ...