A trebling of the money
spent on diverting people with mental health problems from
prison would more than pay for itself in less crime, better
health and lower costs to the criminal justice system,
according to a study by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental
Health.
It is more than 15 years since the government- commissioned Reed report called for a national scheme to keep out of court people with mental health problems who have committed crimes, but only one in five of such offenders is currently covered, the study said.
Nicholas Timmins Full story: www.ft.com/uk