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  • 022190

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  • Published 2007.
  • 22 pages.

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Report on the Status of Services for Persons with Mental Illness in Maine's Jails 2000-2007: What Has Changed?

Publication year: 2007 | Cataloged on: Apr. 06, 2007
ANNOTATION: The failure to treat mentally ill offenders in Maine's jails is addressed. Parts of the full report that follows an executive summary are: introduction (2000-2002); more studies (2003-2006); joint action plan; "Corrections at a Crossroads" -- a report to Cumberland County, Maine; summary of local diversion efforts since 2000; December 2006 Jail Survey; conclusions; and a call to action. One of the nine recommendations made is that the state of Maine "must implement a comprehensive strategy for preventing the inappropriate incarceration of seriously mentally ill individuals and for diverting those individuals away from the criminal justice system" as mandated (p. 17).
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