Judge Steven Leifman

because every community is different. There's not a switch that you can flip in Minneapolis or San Francisco or Mobile, Alabama, right? They're all different. You almost have to go community by community to fix it.

And our approach and what I'm going to be doing over the next three to five years with this initiative is to go into the states first, get them to buy in, show them how that they can save a lot of money and save a lot of lives. and then work towards making this structural change. But it's going on. There's examples all over the country right now that didn't exist just five, 10 years ago.

And our approach and what I'm going to be doing over the next three to five years with this initiative is to go into the states first, get them to buy in, show them how that they can save a lot of money and save a lot of lives. and then work towards making this structural change. But it's going on. There's examples all over the country right now that didn't exist just five, 10 years ago.

And our approach and what I'm going to be doing over the next three to five years with this initiative is to go into the states first, get them to buy in, show them how that they can save a lot of money and save a lot of lives. and then work towards making this structural change. But it's going on. There's examples all over the country right now that didn't exist just five, 10 years ago.

I remember when I first started on the lecture circuit for the course, I'd spend the first 45 minutes of my talk trying to convince people there was a problem. Now, all they want to know is how do they fix it? And so we've done a really good job and the media has done a decent job of educating people about the problem.

I remember when I first started on the lecture circuit for the course, I'd spend the first 45 minutes of my talk trying to convince people there was a problem. Now, all they want to know is how do they fix it? And so we've done a really good job and the media has done a decent job of educating people about the problem.

I remember when I first started on the lecture circuit for the course, I'd spend the first 45 minutes of my talk trying to convince people there was a problem. Now, all they want to know is how do they fix it? And so we've done a really good job and the media has done a decent job of educating people about the problem.

Now we have to show people that it's really fixable and that these are the tools you need and this is what your system should look like. And while each community is different, we all have the same essential elements that are necessary to be able to get the desired outcomes everybody wants. It's just a matter of figuring out where you are on that.

Now we have to show people that it's really fixable and that these are the tools you need and this is what your system should look like. And while each community is different, we all have the same essential elements that are necessary to be able to get the desired outcomes everybody wants. It's just a matter of figuring out where you are on that.

Now we have to show people that it's really fixable and that these are the tools you need and this is what your system should look like. And while each community is different, we all have the same essential elements that are necessary to be able to get the desired outcomes everybody wants. It's just a matter of figuring out where you are on that.

and what changes you need to get you to the next level.

and what changes you need to get you to the next level.

and what changes you need to get you to the next level.

Yeah, and thank you for that. One I would say is people with mental illnesses are absolutely no more dangerous than the general population. And on medication, they're much less dangerous than the general population. They are much, much more likely by a wide margin to be victims of violent crimes than perpetrators.

Yeah, and thank you for that. One I would say is people with mental illnesses are absolutely no more dangerous than the general population. And on medication, they're much less dangerous than the general population. They are much, much more likely by a wide margin to be victims of violent crimes than perpetrators.

Yeah, and thank you for that. One I would say is people with mental illnesses are absolutely no more dangerous than the general population. And on medication, they're much less dangerous than the general population. They are much, much more likely by a wide margin to be victims of violent crimes than perpetrators.

And that recovery rates for this population, for many of these illnesses, are actually much better than heart disease and diabetes. That it's not a lost cause, that people can recover, they can get their lives back. What we need to do is create structures in the community that provide them access, provide them quality of care, provide them an opportunity to recover. We just don't do that.

And that recovery rates for this population, for many of these illnesses, are actually much better than heart disease and diabetes. That it's not a lost cause, that people can recover, they can get their lives back. What we need to do is create structures in the community that provide them access, provide them quality of care, provide them an opportunity to recover. We just don't do that.

And that recovery rates for this population, for many of these illnesses, are actually much better than heart disease and diabetes. That it's not a lost cause, that people can recover, they can get their lives back. What we need to do is create structures in the community that provide them access, provide them quality of care, provide them an opportunity to recover. We just don't do that.

In really bad American fashion, We punish them when it's not their fault. And we need to set up a better system of care so that people don't end up in the criminal justice system that was never designed for people with these illnesses.