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| Reducing criminalization of mentally ill |
| By Statesman Journal |
| Published: 01/22/2008 |
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OREGON - Marion County officials hope to reduce the number of mentally ill people who are jailed for minor crimes by using a new state grant to provide better mental health care. About $300,700 was granted to Marion County to enhance treatment for mentally ill adults who may have committed low-level crimes. Many of them serve jail time but don't get treatment and remain perpetually in the system. The funds are part of $4 million authorized by the Legislature and distributed by Oregon Department of Human Services statewide, said spokesman Ken Palke. Polk County is receiving about $64,600 toward a mental-health corrections liaison, according to DHS. "There's a lot of stigmas surrounding mental illness, and there's a greater stigma of people who commit a crime and have a mental illness," said Scott Richards, who leads Marion County's acute and correctional mental health programs. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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