NYC Government Publication
Mayor's Task Force on Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System: Action Plan 2014
The recommendations of the Behavioral Health Task Force focus on ensuring that, when appropriate, individuals with behavioral health needs: 1) do not enter the criminal justice system in the first place; 2) if they do enter, that they are treated outside of a jail setting; 3) if they are in jail, that they receive treatment that is therapeutic rather than punitive in approach; and 4) that, upon release, they are connected to effective services. This plan sets out concrete and immediate next steps, a forward path to address those issues not yet ready for implementation, and the vehicle to ensure expeditious and effective operations and reliable assessments of what is working, at what cost, and with what benefit.
- Agency
- Subject
- Report type
- Report
- Date published
- 2014-12-01