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Federal bill backing mental health courts a teaspoon of remedy for an oceanic problem

By Gritsforbreakfast

Good news and bad news coming from the federal level regarding mental health and crime, reports Kristin Houle over at Prevention and Punishment. The good news is that the President and a bipartisan coalition support legislation currently moving in the US Senate to expand resources and focus on "mentally ill offender treatment and crime reduction":On March 6, 2008, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee passed S. 2304, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act (MIOTCRA). The legislation, introduced last year by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA), will now be sent to the Senate floor for consideration. The bill, which passed the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 22, 2008 (boomark / email).