"All of this work would not only reduce incarceration for our most vulnerable client base, but it would also protect public safety by focusing on individual stabilization as the person transitions back into the community."
"If a defendant meets the criteria at an arraignment hearing, the person has a behavioral health screening in jail and proceeds to another hearing where the court will work out a plan to bring them earlier access to mental health services or release them from jail into a treatment program."
#behavioral-health #mental-health-court #criminal-justice-reform #santa-clara-county #incarceration-alternatives
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