WISCONSIN UNITED
for MENTAL HEALTH

WUMH is working with Law Enforcement agencies to educate them about mental illnesses and how best to handle situations in which a person with a mental illness is involved.  

Resources:
Ending the Criminalization of People With Mental Illnesses (Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law)

Suicide Prevention Information for Law Enforcement Personnel (Suicide Prevention Resource Center)

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT - Memphis Model; Memphis Police Department)

Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project  (an initiative coordinated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center; an national effort to help local, state, and federal policymakers and criminal justice and mental health professionals improve the response to people with mental illnesses who come into contact with the criminal justice system.)

• CIT

Law Enforcement and Mental Illness (a 2005 audio NPR segment featuring the coordinator of the Crisis Intervention Team with the Memphis Police Department )

Ending an American Tragedy: Addressing the Needs of Justice-Involved People with Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Disorders (pdf; a September 2009 report from the National Leadership Forum on Behavioral Health/Criminal Justice Services)

Mental Health Problems in Prison and Jail Inmates (.pdf 12 page September 2006 report from the U.S. Office of Justice Programs)

United States: Mentally Ill Mistreated in Prison: More Mentally Ill in Prison Than in Hospitals (2003 press release regarding a report released by Human Rights Watch; contains link to the report)