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The Council of State Governments (CSG) developed the Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project in response to requests from state government officials for recommendations to improve the criminal justice system's response to people with mental illness because the current approach to responding to people with mental illness has placed an enormous strain on state budgets.
Chapter III, Pretrial Issues, Adjudication, and
Sentencing, of the report contains recommendations specifically pertinent to the courts. Ten policy statements and more detailed recommendations for implementation are included in the chapter.
- Policy Statement 7: Appointment of Counsel
- Policy Statement 8: Consultation with Victim
- Policy Statement 9: Prosecutorial Review of Charges
- Policy Statement 10: Modification of Pretrial Diversion Conditions
- Policy Statement 11: Pretrial Release / Detention Hearing
- Policy Statement 12: Modification of Pretrial Release Conditions
- Policy Statement 13: Intake at County / Municipal Detention Facility
- Policy Statement 14: Adjudication
- Policy Statement 15: Sentencing
- Policy Statement 16: Modification of Conditions of Probation / Supervised Release
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