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Locals everywhere struggle to manage mentally ill offenders

Following up on this morning's theme of mental health treatment and jails, I found two items on a brand spanking new blog called Stir Crazy in Texas informing us of new initiatives in mid-sized Texas cities to manage the problem. Welcome to the blogosphere, Stir Crazy!First, in Lubbock officials received a $400,000 grant to create a public defender for the mentally ill, but with a twist - legal services will be provided by a nonprofit instead of a county office. This isn't an entirely new delivery model in Texas. In Del Rio, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid staffs a multi-county PD office for all offenders, not just the mentally ill.In addition, SCIT brings some hometown news from Smith County: "On Monday, July 28 at the meeting of the Smith County Commissioners, there will be a presentation regarding possible Mental Health Court being established in Smith County...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).