Behavioral Health & The Criminal Justice System: NYC Mayor’s Task Force Action Plan 2014

On December 1, 2014 the New York City Mayor’s Task Force released its 2014 Action Plan entitled, Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System. The report presents the mayor’s vision for methods to divert those suffering from mental illness from incarceration, if possible, and to provide treatment and programs for them. The report states that although the jail population has decreased over the past five years in New York City, the number of prisoners with mental health disorders has increased. According to the report, 38 percent of the prison population in New York City has some sort of . . .