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Jails
Short-term correctional facilities usually administered by an agency of local government for adults, and sometimes juveniles, awaiting adjudication and/or those persons committed on sentences of a short duration.
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In Focus: Implementing Mental Health Screening and Assessment
This a new brief from the Stepping Up partners designed to help counties identify the number of people booked into jails who have serious mental il
In Focus: Implementing Mental Health Screening and Assessment (2018)
This a new brief from the Stepping Up partners designed to help counties identify the number of people booked into jails who have serious