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| Mental health courts expand to treat offenders |
| By grbj.com- Danielle Woodward |
| Published: 03/12/2014 |
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LANSING — Michigan is expanding a system that allows people with a mental illness to be sentenced to treatment rather than serve jail time. Legislation was recently signed to expand Michigan’s mental health court system after a three-year study proved that the courts are effective. The State Administrative Corrections Office evaluated 10 mental health courts and found that the rate participants offended again is 300 percent lower than non-participants. Read More. |
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