TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 1, 2023

Those arrested in Nashville who show signs of mental illness can be referred to a Behavioral Care Center where they are provided with 30 days of treatment as an alternative to incarceration. The center has been in operation for three years and now Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and a delegation from the county criminal justice system plan to visit the facility in hopes of opening something similar in the Memphis area. Harris tells the Tennessean that chances look good for opening a mental health center in Shelby County.