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Don’t Include Involuntary Commitment as a Treatment Tool in Seattle

Mad in America

The JLECBH Charter indicates that it is [e]establishing an anticipated inventory of future services and supports with a specific emphasis on prevention, early intervention, and home or community-based capacity designed to reduce reliance on emergency, criminal legal, crisis, and involuntary services (emphasis added ) , among other actions.

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People Need Help, Not Handcuffs: Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System

NAMI

We envision a world where early intervention, comprehensive community mental health care, and a robust crisis response system reduces or eliminates the justice system involvement of people with mental illness. Simply put, people who are incarcerated are part of our communities and their access to care is imperative.