FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 1, 2016
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Policy Recommendations to the 115th Congress and Trump Administration on Behavioral Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System

Washington, DC - The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT), a diverse coalition of national and local religious organizations from across the country, endorsed recommendations to the new Congress and Trump Administration on behaviorial health issues in the criminal justice system.  The Consensus Workgroup, including organizations representing individuals with behavioral health needs and their families, providers, and correctional systems and administrators, calls on the Congress and Trump Administration to take a comprehensive approach to addressing issues at the intersection of behavioral health and criminal justice.

The full text of the recommendations can be found here.

The National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) is a membership organization committed to ending U.S.-sponsored torture, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Since its formation in January 2006, more than 300 religious organizations have joined NRCAT, including representatives from the Catholic, evangelical Christian, mainline Protestant, Unitarian Universalist, Quaker, Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Baha’i, Buddhist, and Sikh communities. Members include national denominations and faith groups, regional organizations and local congregations.
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