Mental Health: Prosecutors Driving Big Change in Rural America

09/09/2020 41 min Episodio 10
Mental Health: Prosecutors Driving Big Change in Rural America

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Episode Synopsis

From a single test case to a thriving mental health program that’s saved $2M in incarceration costs over two years: Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer and the team in Lewis County, Wash., are working to keep people with serious mental illnesses out of jail and in contact with the community resources they need. Hear about the inter-agency collaboration that made it all happen on this episode of Scaling Justice. Podcast recorded on Feb. 4, 2020.

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