Check Out the New Justice and Health Connect Web Site

Recently, Justice and Health Connect launched a new website to increase the ability of government agencies and community organizations to share information across behavioral health and justice systems. When law enforcement agencies, courts, probation and parole departments, jails, and prisons use health information, they can make intelligent decisions about which people are eligible to participate in drug courts, receive alternatives to incarceration, and enter into specialized treatment programs. The Justice and Health Connect website hosts research to help public officials and community organizations develop empirically-driven responses to the substance use and mental health needs of people involved in justice systems. Justice and Health Connect is a project of the Substance Use and Mental Health Program at the Vera Institute of Justice, which is supported by the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. For more information on Justice and Health Connect and to access the resources it provides, visit jhconnect.org.