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'Special Needs Defender' in Lubbock handling mentally ill misdemeanants

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In Lubbock, the Avalanche Journal had a story yesterday about the county's Special Needs Defender Office created last year, a public/private hybrid system described thusly ("New screening, special defender's office helps Lubbock County with mentally ill"):while county officials agree more changes are necessary to ensure mentally ill defendants don?t languish in jail, improvements such as specialized screening at the jail and cooperation between the Lubbock Special Needs Defender?s Office, defense attorneys and the probation office have streamlined identifying mentally ill defendants and getting them through the system. The Special Needs Defender?s Office provides private appointed legal representation, as well as specialized one-on-one care outside the jail to help ensure defendants make their court dates and don?t end up back in jail...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 01, 2010 (boomark / email).

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