Telehealth and Telecommunication Opportunities in the Criminal Justice System
Telehealth and Telecommunication Opportunities in the Criminal Justice System
Leaders in the criminal justice field are advancing the use of telehealth and telecommunication to support people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders. This brief highlights opportunities for implementing both throughout the criminal justice system. Photo credit: microgen via Envato
Sarah Wurzburg | January 2021 | The Council of State Governments Justice Center
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sarah Wurzburg
Deputy Division Director, Behavioral Health
Sarah
Wurzburg
oversees
technical
assistance
focused
on
behavioral
health,
diversion,
and
reentry
and
serves
as
the
lead
for
projects
related
to
substance
use,
mental
illnesses,
and
housing.
She
leads
the
work
on
the
development
of
community
responder
programs,
including
a
...
toolkit
that
supports
sites
in
development
of
non-police
responses
to
people
in
crisis.
Previously,
Sarah
was
a
research
analyst
at
the
National
Association
of
State
Alcohol
and
Drug
Abuse
Directors,
Inc.,
where
she
was
the
team
lead
for
Youth
and
Women’s
Services
and
was
the
primary
author
of
research
reports
on
youth
substance
use
disorder
treatment,
driving
under
the
influence,
and
Medicaid.
Sarah
has
also
worked
as
a
juvenile
court
advocate
and
in
community
substance
use
disorder
prevention.
She
received
her
BA
from
DePauw
University
in
English
(writing)
and
her
MA
in
social
services
administration
with
a
focus
on
policy
analysis
from
the
University
of
Chicago.
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