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CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND FORENSIC ISSUES
NAMI believes that education about brain disorders
at all levels of judicial and legal systems is crucial to the appropriate
disposition of cases involving offenders with brain disorders. Judges,
lawyers, police officers, correctional officers, parole and probation
officers, law enforcement personnel, court officers, and emergency
medical transport and service personnel should be required to complete
at least 20 hours of training about these disorders. Consumers and
family members should be a part of this educational process.
NAMI believes that state and local mental health authorities must
work closely in conjunction with state and local correctional and
law enforcement agencies to develop strategies and programs for
compassionate intervention by law enforcement, jail diversion, treatment
of individuals with brain disorders who are incarcerated, and discharge
planning and community reintegration services for individuals with
brain disorders released from correctional facilities.
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