Judge Steven Leifman

So it's that type of population that this new facility is for. And so the building will have a receiving facility, a crisis stabilization unit, a short-term residential facility, a deactivity program that'll teach individuals self-sufficiency, how to manage their illness, a culinary supportive employment, vocational supportive employment programs like computer labs.

So it's that type of population that this new facility is for. And so the building will have a receiving facility, a crisis stabilization unit, a short-term residential facility, a deactivity program that'll teach individuals self-sufficiency, how to manage their illness, a culinary supportive employment, vocational supportive employment programs like computer labs.

It will have a primary health clinic, a dental clinic, an eye clinic, and a podiatry clinic. They'll have tattoo removal because people do silly things when they're psychotic and stunned. It has a courtroom in the facility so we can manage both criminal and civil cases.

It will have a primary health clinic, a dental clinic, an eye clinic, and a podiatry clinic. They'll have tattoo removal because people do silly things when they're psychotic and stunned. It has a courtroom in the facility so we can manage both criminal and civil cases.

It will have a primary health clinic, a dental clinic, an eye clinic, and a podiatry clinic. They'll have tattoo removal because people do silly things when they're psychotic and stunned. It has a courtroom in the facility so we can manage both criminal and civil cases.

It has something called the living room model so that for people who are high users, heavy users of these services, but they're not meeting civil commitment, They can stay there voluntarily and we can engage them into services. And it has 208 beds of housing. They're not going to be there permanently. So we'll probably be able to see quite a few thousand a year.

It has something called the living room model so that for people who are high users, heavy users of these services, but they're not meeting civil commitment, They can stay there voluntarily and we can engage them into services. And it has 208 beds of housing. They're not going to be there permanently. So we'll probably be able to see quite a few thousand a year.

It has something called the living room model so that for people who are high users, heavy users of these services, but they're not meeting civil commitment, They can stay there voluntarily and we can engage them into services. And it has 208 beds of housing. They're not going to be there permanently. So we'll probably be able to see quite a few thousand a year.

And there's a limited number of these people. They're just costing us the most because they go through this deep end the most often. If we can get our arms around them, we can significantly change their trajectory and we can break the cycle of incarceration, homelessness, and hospitalization.

And there's a limited number of these people. They're just costing us the most because they go through this deep end the most often. If we can get our arms around them, we can significantly change their trajectory and we can break the cycle of incarceration, homelessness, and hospitalization.

And there's a limited number of these people. They're just costing us the most because they go through this deep end the most often. If we can get our arms around them, we can significantly change their trajectory and we can break the cycle of incarceration, homelessness, and hospitalization.

Correct. And that's the whole idea, is to make sure that we're using the criminal system for people that need to be in jail. 70% of people in jail today in the United States either have a serious mental illness, a substance use disorder, or both.

Correct. And that's the whole idea, is to make sure that we're using the criminal system for people that need to be in jail. 70% of people in jail today in the United States either have a serious mental illness, a substance use disorder, or both.

Correct. And that's the whole idea, is to make sure that we're using the criminal system for people that need to be in jail. 70% of people in jail today in the United States either have a serious mental illness, a substance use disorder, or both.

I always joke that we need specialty courts for the 30% that don't so that we can make sure we have a therapeutic jurisprudence system for the 70% that do so we can make sure they get treatment and stop cycling in and out of the system.

I always joke that we need specialty courts for the 30% that don't so that we can make sure we have a therapeutic jurisprudence system for the 70% that do so we can make sure they get treatment and stop cycling in and out of the system.

I always joke that we need specialty courts for the 30% that don't so that we can make sure we have a therapeutic jurisprudence system for the 70% that do so we can make sure they get treatment and stop cycling in and out of the system.

Yeah, and that's a wonderful question. And I'm actually quite optimistic because it's changing. And part of the reason it's changing is I've been working very closely over the last several years with something called the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators.

Yeah, and that's a wonderful question. And I'm actually quite optimistic because it's changing. And part of the reason it's changing is I've been working very closely over the last several years with something called the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators.

Yeah, and that's a wonderful question. And I'm actually quite optimistic because it's changing. And part of the reason it's changing is I've been working very closely over the last several years with something called the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators.