House of  Representatives Bill 2387: To foster local collaborations which will ensure that resources are effectively and efficiently used within the criminal and juvenile justice systems.

108th Congress, 1st Session  House of  Representatives Bill 2387: To foster local collaborations which will ensure that resources are effectively and efficiently used within the criminal and juvenile justice systems Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, This Act may be cited as the "Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003" Congress finds the following: According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, over 16 percent of adults incarcerated in United States jails and prisons have a mental illness . . .