NAMI Pushes New Law to Transfer Mental Health Patients from Jails

NAMI Pushes New Law to Transfer Mental Health Patients from Jails

Headshot of Stephanie Pasternak, director of country affairs at NAMI. Courtesy of Stephanie Pasternak / NAMI With an estimated 1.2 million people with severe mental illness locked up in the nation’s jails and prisons, advocates continue to push for more options to move people into care instead of incarceration. This month, the National Alliance on … Read more