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Advocates urge task force to pair enforcement with restorative options; social-worker pilot and JAG funding raised
Summary
Public commenters at the Oct. 22 task-force meeting urged restorative justice and better access to addiction and mental-health services for people in pretrial status, requested a licensed social-worker pilot and asked whether JAG funds could support it.
Public advocates used the task-force meeting on Oct. 22 to press for greater emphasis on treatment and restorative options alongside enforcement, and to ask whether grant funding could be redirected to support social-work services.
Sarah Warren, campus director of the Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition, told the task force that many people arrested for drug-related offenses need addiction recovery and mental-health services rather than prolonged pretrial detention. “People who are actually connected to resources and services and ...…
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