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400 people with mental illness are sitting in Colorado jails. Some state lawmakers want to divert them to treatment instead.

coloradosun.com

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400 people with mental illness are sitting in Colorado jails. Some state lawmakers want to divert them to treatment instead.

coloradosun.com

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News@lemmy.world • 3 months ago

The legislation takes aim at the backlog of defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial, creating a diversion program for those accused of low-level crimes

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240329115034/https://coloradosun.com/2024/03/27/400-people-with-mental-illness-are-sitting-in-colorado-jails-a-legislative-proposal-would-divert-them-to-treatment-instead/

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  I’m guessing it’s the opposite. I’m guessing they think those people deserve their treatment and compassion is bad. Probably an Ayn Rand fan.

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