BDS | Memo of Support - The Treatment Not Jail Act

Memo of Support - The Treatment Not Jail Act

Memos

January 26, 2022

Brooklyn Defender Services strongly urges the legislature to pass the Treatment Not Jail Act (S.2881-B/A.8524), which will create a fair and equally accessible system of judicial diversion for all New Yorkers.

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The Treatment Not Jail Act will substantially expand access to judicial diversion and create tangible steps toward ending the criminalization of mental health and cognitive impairments in New York. Treatment Not Jail (TNJ) will create parity in the court system for vulnerable populations who need support and opportunity, and promote public safety by opening avenues of appropriate, individualized treatment where currently the default is incarceration.

View the full memo here.

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Memo of Support - The Treatment Not Jail Act

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