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Texas Chief Justice Task Force Sets Goals for 2008

By Kristin Houle

Here's another item that appeared in the January 2008 newsletter of the Consensus Project:"The Texas Chief Justice Task Force, led by the Honorable Sharon Keller, Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, has set forth a series of goals for 2008 that will build on successes in the past year and improve outcomes for people with mental illnesses involved with the criminal justice system. In 2007, the task force helped to bring about legislation that facilitated information-sharing among criminal justice and mental health agencies. The task force designed a system to identify in the Department of Public Safety records individuals who are also listed in the state mental health service database (Department of State Health Services; DSHS)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prevention Not Punishment on January 24, 2008 (boomark / email).