Tarrant County Mental Health Jail Diversion Center /tags/tarrant-county-mental-health-jail-diversion-center Tarrant County Mental Health Jail Diversion Center en-US Copyright Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT Tarrant County jail diversion program says it's committed to being a good neighbor to Fairmount area /criminal-justice/2024-10-30/tarrant-county-jail-diversion-center-fairmount-fort-worth If someone is suspected of a low-level, nonviolent crime, and displays signs of mental illness, police can bring that person to the diversion center instead of jail. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:00:00 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-10-30/tarrant-county-jail-diversion-center-fairmount-fort-worth Miranda Suarez Tarrant County looks for money to keep Jail Diversion Center open /criminal-justice/2024-08-20/tarrant-county-mental-health-jail-diversion-center-funding The Mental Health Jail Diversion Center offers treatment instead of jail time for people suspected of low-level, nonviolent crimes. The center didn't get any money in the latest county budget proposal. Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-08-20/tarrant-county-mental-health-jail-diversion-center-funding Miranda Suarez Reducing the jail population will save the county money, Tarrant County activists say /criminal-justice/2023-12-19/reducing-the-jail-population-will-save-the-county-money-tarrant-county-activists-say The Tarrant County jail population has risen in recent years. Local activists asked county commissioners to apply fiscal conservatism to jail costs. Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:02:00 GMT /criminal-justice/2023-12-19/reducing-the-jail-population-will-save-the-county-money-tarrant-county-activists-say Miranda Suarez As eligibility grows, more people in Tarrant County can get treatment instead of jail time /criminal-justice/2023-12-04/as-eligibility-grows-more-people-in-tarrant-county-can-get-treatment-instead-of-jail-time The Tarrant County Mental Health Jail Diversion Center is an effort to keep people with mental illness out of jail. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMT /criminal-justice/2023-12-04/as-eligibility-grows-more-people-in-tarrant-county-can-get-treatment-instead-of-jail-time Miranda Suarez Tarrant County commissioners vote to direct more people to mental health treatment instead of jail /news/2023-03-28/tarrant-county-commissioners-mental-health-diversion-treatment-jail County jails make up the largest mental health system in Texas, according to the Texas Association of Counties. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:28:25 GMT /news/2023-03-28/tarrant-county-commissioners-mental-health-diversion-treatment-jail Miranda Suarez