We will have a special guest speaker at our next ENJAN Zoom meeting this coming Wednesday, December 14th from 6:30 to 8:00. Casey Dalporto, Senior Policy Attorney for New York County Defender Services will be speaking with us on behalf of the Treatment Not Jail Coalition, which is gathering support for The Treatment Not Jail Act in New York State (S.2881B / A.8524A). This proposed legislation aims to "provide off-ramps from the revolving door of jail and prison for those who are brought into the criminal legal system due to underlying mental health and substance use issues." This legislation achieves this by significantly expanding access to and fine-tuning New York’s proven-effective treatment courts. Casey will be speaking during the last part of the meeting from 7:30 to 8:00 pm. We have attached some additional information about Treatment Not Jail, including a flyer about a Treatment Not Jail Advocacy Day scheduled for January 31st in Albany. More details can be found in the email below. We hope you can join us on Wednesday to learn more about this important work. Thank you.
The ENJAN Curators
