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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.

  • 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 illnesses (SMI) and to better connect these individuals to treatment. Determining the number of people who have SMI in jails allows counties to develop or refine strategic plans that will have the greatest impact on addressing this population’s needs.

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  • 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 mental illnesses (SMI) and to better connect these individuals to treatment. Determining the number of people who have SMI in jails allows counties to develop or refine strategic plans that will have the greatest impact on addressing this population’s needs.