Helping citizens diagnosed with mental illness while saving taxpayers money? “Impossible!” you say. Yet that is exactly what is happening in Athens, Georgia. Judge Brian J. Amaro, chair of the Council of Superior Court Judges Special Committee on Mental Health and Local Jails, and Judge David R. Sweat, creator of the Athens-Clarke County Justice Mental Health Collaborative. The Justice Mental Health Collaborative in Athens is working to reduce the number of individuals in local jails who are suffering from mental…
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