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Montgomery County special court to focus on mental health


CHRISTIANSBURG — Montgomery County is launching a new court program aimed at steering some defendants with mental health issues back to stability – and away from incarceration.
Later this month, a special court session called a Behavioral Health Docket is to meet in the county’s General District Court. An initial group of five defendants, all diagnosed with serious mental illness – but still deemed to be mentally competent legally – and convicted of minor, non-violent misdemeanor offenses will meet with a judge and a support team, probably twice each month for a year. They will receive mental health treatment and encouragement to establish a healthier, law-abiding routine in their lives. ....

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