CIT Benefits
Why the need for CIT?
- Some persons with serious mental illness are not receiving proper mental health treatment
- Many persons with serious mental illness are in jail for illness-related behaviors
- Jails are not equipped to give mental health treatment
- Persons with mental illness generally spend a longer time in jail than other persons without mental illness
The Benefits of the Program
- Decrease potential for injury or death to police officers, persons with mental illness and others
- Decrease the number of individuals with mental illness in the criminal justice system
- Decrease the time spent by public defenders, prosecutors and judges dealing with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system
- Increase the number of persons with mental illness receiving treatment
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