EL SEGUNDO HERALD May 2, 2019 Page 13
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Da Vinci from page 6
Mental Health Awareness from page 3
and the County’s Chiefs of Police to train
frontline law enforcement officers. Officers
learned how properly to handle calls involving
people with mental illness.
The National Alliance on Mental Health tracks
the most common disorders among American
adults and children. NAMI reports that 18
percent of U.S. adults experience an anxiety
disorder like post-traumatic stress disorder,
phobias or obsessive-compulsive behavior. One
in 25 adults experiences a mental disorder that
interferes with normal life activities, according
to the alliance.
People with a substance abuse or who’ve
been homeless show the highest rates of
mental illness, according to NAMI. It’s almost
50 percent for drug users and 26 percent for
those living in homeless shelters. In the past
in L.A. County, the cases of defendants with
histories of drug use and bouts of homelessness
wouldn’t have stood out to prosecutors.
But that changed in January with the launch
of the Mental Health Division within the
district attorney’s office. The dozen prosecutors
assigned to the new unit are trained to handle
clear-cut cases involving defendants who’ve
been declared mentally ill. Lacey’s legal team
works with the county’s 1,000 prosecutors to
review and recommend which defendants are
mentally incompetent. Even borderline cases
are referred to the unit.
Defendants who ask for alternative sentences
because of psychological or emotional disorders
are eligible for the diversion program in
Lacey’s office. The DA’s team says it must
balance compassion with public safety so
that dangerous defendants who don’t need
mental health treatment aren’t allowed to evade
prosecution. “We also want to make sure that
jails and prisons are reserved for the most
serious and violent offenders,” the DA said.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
nationwide, and this year the outreach will
explore topics of animal companionship,
spirituality, humor, work-life balance, and
recreation and social connections as ways
to boost mental health and general wellness,
according to NAMI. The DA’s office calls the
new division “the first of its kind in California
and, possibly, the nation”
Lacey has told the 1,000 prosecutors in her
office they can consider a person’s mental health
and history in deciding whether to recommend
diversion. Her new unit can help the prosecutors
work through the decision-making and protect
the program’s integrity. “With this policy, I am
encouraging my lawyers to make courageous
decisions and do the right thing,” Lacey said. “We
must make informed decisions to ensure public
safety and help another human being in crisis.”
California’s penal code created the diversion
option for people with mental disorders to seek
treatment when they are charged with a crime.
Once the defendant completes treatment, the
criminal charges will be dismissed and the
criminal record is sealed. Misdemeanor and
felony defendants can be considered for mental
health diversion.
A 2015 report by the Center for Prison
Reform based in Washington, D.C. noted
that defendants avoid the stigma of a criminal
record and jail time when they use a diversion
program. This helps them to find employment
and move back into the mainstream, the authors
said. Diversion programs also benefit the
criminal justice system, allowing it to focus on
more serious offenders. The county and state
corrections departments save too.
Incarceration costs for inmates with mental
illness run higher than other prisoners because
of medication, treatment and what the report
calls “disruption.” Diversion cuts down on
hospitalization and crisis services for county
and state corrections, the center reported.
It estimates the criminal justice system can
save $47,000 for each nonviolent felony drug
offender diverted into a treatment program.
Recidivism rates are lowered by 26 percent
when mental health courts handle such cases.
Los Angeles County has a mental health court,
which works in tandem with the DA’s office
and the county Mental Health Department. •
Every year, West Basin encourages
thirrd through 12th grade students to tap
into their artistic creativity by participating
in the Water is Life Student Art Contest
that celebrates Save Our Water Month, which
is in May. Through the contest, students
were encouraged to depict wise uses of water at
home and in their communities in recognition
that conservation is a California way of life.
The art contest is a collaborative water
education program between West Basin and
the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California. Winning artwork will advance to
Metropolitan’s regional competition to potentially
be featured in the agency’s 2020 calendar.
For more information about the Water is Life
Art Contest and the full list of awardees and
artwork, visit: www.westbasin.org/waterislife.
– Content: Revised from
West Basin Press Release •
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