Several key supporters of CAIC presented or submitted testimony to the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Corrections and Assembly Standing Committee on Mental Health, which held a joint hearing on “Public Hearing on Mental Illness in Correctional Settings” in Albany on November 13, 2014. A collection of testimony appears below, and will be permanently archived on the Resources page.
Correctional Association of New York
Mental Health Alternatives to Solitary Confinement
New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement
New York City Jails Action Coalition
For more on the hearing, see the following news accounts:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ny-lawmakers-probe-care-mentally-ill-inmates-26878665
http://m.timesunion.com/local/article/Learning-to-treat-prisoners-with-signs-of-mental-5891924.php
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