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County jails and mental health
Winter 2023
The Dallas Morning News
The mentality of mental illness: No cure means creative action
January 15, 2023
KXAN
Travis County’s largest mental health facility is its jail. Judge Brown looking at diversion options
January 13, 2023
Despite waitlist record, leaders keep pushing ‘Eliminate the Wait’ plan for state hospitals
December 1, 2022
Texas Bar Journal
Transforming the Judiciary: An Update from the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health
November 2022
Houston Chronicle
Opinion: 7 ways Harris County could end jail overcrowding and outsourcing
August 7, 2022
Texas counties on the mental health front lines
July 2022
Texas Bar Blog
Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health opens registration for 5th annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health
June 27, 2022
KXII
Grayson County leaders attend mental health workshop
June 9, 2022
KLTV
Smith County Diversion Coordinator gives update on inmate jail diversion program
May 3, 2022
CBS 19
Jail diversion program helps Smith County Jail with mental health challenges
April 27, 2022
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Advocate aims to help put Smith County Jail inmates with mental health issues on road 'to wellness'
Andrew & Andrew on Texas Criminal Defense
Eliminate the Wait
February 1, 2022
Mental health advocates, professionals push for plans funded by jail diversion grant
January 14, 2022
KBTX
‘Eliminate the Wait’ campaign aims to help those declared incompetent to stand trial
January 11, 2022
KETK
‘Eliminate the Wait’ aims to protect those with mental illnesses in the criminal justice system
January 6, 2022
Jail waitlist for mental health help hits new record. This plan proposes a statewide fix.
December 8, 2021
Dallas Observer
In East Texas, a Man Has Spent Two Years in Jail Waiting for a Bed at a Mental Health Hospital
December 1, 2021
CourTex
Judicial Commission on Mental Health Hosts Summit
October 2018
Dallas Morning News
Texas judges are leading a cultural shift on how we handle defendants with mental health problems
May 14, 2018
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Texas courts step up on mental health
May 2018
Law.com
Texas Courts Not Equipped to Deal With Mental Health Issues, Courts Find
February 15, 2018
Texas Standard
Judicial Commission Discusses The Role Of Mental Health In Civil And Criminal Justice
January 12, 2018
TribTalk
Looking beneath the surface: Courts and mental health
January 10, 2018
