by The Mental Health Blogger | Feb 2, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Oklahoma
Governor Stitt Receives Modernized Operations through Data and Evidence-based Restoration Now (MODERN) Justice Task Force Report A diverse group of stakeholders have released a report featuring the intensive review of Oklahoma’s jails. It provides 15 policy...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Oct 24, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Youth
Representative Amanda Swope, D-Tulsa, will explore juvenile justice in an upcoming interim study before the House Children, Youth, and Family Services Committee. Representative Amanda Swope, D-Tulsa, will explore juvenile justice in an upcoming interim study before...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Sep 19, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Substance Abuse
The number of pregnant women in Oklahoma diagnosed with substance use disorder has increase fourfold in Oklahoma since 1999. urrently, Oklahoma county law enforcement are charging pregnant women and women who have recently given birth who have a substance use disorder...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Oct 19, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Mental Illness
APA Funding to Community-Based Services to Decriminalize Mental Illness Only one in five (20%) Americans believe that those in jails and prisons are getting the mental health care they need, according to a new American Psychiatric Association (APA) poll. Seventy-five...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Nov 24, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Mental Health Legislation, Oklahoma
Bergstrom Bill Would Require State Mental Health Department to Begin Treatment In Jail From the Norman Transcript: “The bill would also require the Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or another provider to begin treatment in...
by The Mental Health Blogger | Oct 19, 2021 | Addiction, Criminal Justice, Oklahoma
Humphrey Hopes to Change Corrections System and Update SQ780 “Addiction is a disease,” he said. “It’s a health issue. That’s the paradigm shift. Up until 2016, we put people in prison and we punished people who battle addiction and...
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