Sentences with phrase «unnecessary incarceration»

The goal of the program is to help clients secure permanent housing and connect them with community - based mental health or substance abuse services and avoid unnecessary incarceration.

And some defendants are completely deprived of their constitutional right to counsel, putting states at risk for expensive lawsuits on top of the heavy financial burden of unnecessary incarceration costs.

Westchester County prosecutors will stop requesting bail for most misdemeanor cases in order to end unnecessary incarceration for those that are financially poor.

«We are proud to be part of the effort to close Rikers through our policy advocacy and through our programs to prevent recidivism and unnecessary incarceration through services at Rikers and post-release, supportive housing, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and alternatives to incarceration and detention,» Page said.

Clinton downplayed the clash that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had with protesters who criticized his record on criminal justice at a campaign event last week and said that if she was elected she would work to reduce unnecessary incarcerations.

``... she would work to reduce unnecessary incarcerations»?

Not exact matches

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), «Without treatment the consequences of mental illness for the individual and society are staggering: unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, inappropriate incarceration, suicide and wasted lives; The economic cost of untreated mental illness is more than 100 billion dollars each year in the United States.»

But people divorce for all sorts of reasons that don't necessarily fit these groups» assessment of «unnecessary divorce,» marriages ending because of some vague unhappiness or a lack of commitment, and that fall outside of the few reasons they consider valid — physical abuse, drug or booze addiction, incarceration and abandonment.

We are reducing the madness of an incarceration society and ending a system of unnecessary human and financial waste.

In addition to helping individuals avoid spending unnecessary time in jail, the report also shows that providing low - income individuals with the ability to post bail helps them achieve better outcomes in their cases and avoid the negative consequences that stem from pre-trial incarceration, which can range from becoming homeless and unemployed to facing deportation.