Persons with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System - Colorado's Response
This issue brief outlines Colorado's efforts to address issues associated with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General AssemblyThis issue brief outlines Colorado's efforts to address issues associated with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
Where are we?
How did we get here?
Presented to the Joint Education Committee on February 8, 2017.
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Oversight Committee on Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System.
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Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.