When
a Person with Mental Illness is Arrested...How to Help
-
Read
this handbook as to
what procedures to follow when a person
with
mental illness is arrested.
NAMI
New York State in a joint project with the Urban Justice
Center Mental Health Project has published a handbook
called "When
a Person is Arrested: How to Help".
In this handbook you will find general
advice as to what procedures to follow when a person with
mental illness is arrested.
This handbook covers
information that will answer questions such what to do,
how to find a person who has been arrested, working with a
defense attorney, practical tips on dealing with defense
attorneys, laws relating to people with mental illness,
advocating for a defendant to be sentenced to treatment,
advocating for discharge planning, advocating for someone
on probation or parole, clearing up a warrant, and so much
more.
By creating this book, they hope to
encourage local organizations concerned about the plight
of mental health consumers in the criminal justice system,
including NAMI Affiliates and county mental health
agencies to research essential phone numbers for their
counties, and create an insert with these, and distribute
the handbook to people in their area. The last section of
the handbook was created to help locals get started on
this task, if they wish to take it.
These fact sheets were
developed by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
through a partnership between the Targeted Technical
Assistance project of the National Association of State
Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and the Division
of State and Community Systems Development (Mental Health
Block Grant) of the Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Illinois'
Voice on Mental Illness - NAMI Illinois