According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, more individuals with mental illness are in America’s jails and prisons than in residential mental health care facilities. Many are there for nonviolent offenses. Why is the criminal justice system becoming our de facto mental health care provider? And how can we improve the outcomes when law enforcement and other first responders encounter individuals with mental illness who are in crisis? Tracy Small answers those questions and more. She's program coordinator of the Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT, for the Centre Region.
Take Note: Crisis Intervention Training Helps Keep Mentally Ill Out Of Jail
