Electronically capture data

Accurate and accessible data on the number of people with mental illnesses in the jail are collected and stored in an electronic system. An electronic “flagging” process is incorporated as a way to indicate that a person may have a mental illness and that there may be a need to share this information for proper connection to care. Baseline data are also collected on the general population in the jail for comparison.

For more information on this intervention, see these resources:

• The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Network Mini-Guide Series: Three Approaches to Integrated Data Systems
• In Focus: Collecting and Analyzing Baseline Data%20the%20number%20of%20people)

Local Examples

Johnson County, KS My Resource Connection and Jail Information Management System

• The county developed an integrated data sharing system for criminal justice and community-based service providers.
• The software flags mutual clients among various community agencies while avoiding the sharing of protected health information without required releases.

For a sample related to this example, see this resource:

• My Resource Connection

For more information on this example, see this resource:

• Johnson County, Kan.: Using Mental Health Screening and Assessment to Serve Individuals with the Most Needs