Bazelon Center: Invest in care, not jail, for people with MI
More than two million people with serious mental illness are booked into jails each year and 65% to 70% of youth involved with the juvenile justice system have disabilities, according to a new report released this month by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. Additionally, two‐thirds of Black men with disabilities will be arrested before age 28, the report stated.
Authors
- Valerie A. Canady
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mental Health Weekly
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34506
- Primary Topic
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00