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Spokane Regional Mental Health Court
| Name |
Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Honorable Jeffrey Smith |
Judge | jsmith@spokanecounty.org | |
| Terrance Mitchell | Judicial Assistant | 509-477-2927 | tmitchell@spokanecounty.org |
| Jaclyn Brumbaugh |
Therapeutic Court Coordinator |
509-477-2283 | jbrumbaugh@spokanecounty.org |
| Courtney Olson | Mental Health Court Probation Officer (County) | 509-477-2617 | colson@spokanecounty.org |
| Allison Fruci | Mental Health Court Probation Officer (County) | 509-477-3683 | afruci@spokanecounty.org |
| Misty Griffith | Mental Health Court Probation Officer (City) | 509-622-5858 | mgriffith@spokanecity.org |
| Makenzie Wellner |
Therapeutic Court Case Manager | 509-477-2277 | mwellner@spokanecounty.org |
| Malia Cross |
Therapeutic Court Case Manager | 509-477-2281 | mcross@spokanecounty.org |
| Sandra Yon |
Admin Assist Specialist 3 | 509-477-2230 | syon@spokanecounty.org |
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Background
Spokane County has implemented an expanded Mental Health Court. This was made available thanks to legislation enacted in 2005, RCW 82.14.460 which allowed for a "Mental Health Sales Tax" of one tenth of 1% to be used for the operation of new or expanded therapeutic court programs and to provide new or expanded mental health treatment or chemical dependency services.
The Spokane Regional Mental Health Court maintains the premise that crimes committed by mentally ill persons are not simply a law enforcement or criminal justice problem, but a public health problem.
For more information, please contact us at (509) 477-2230.
Purpose
In the regular system, misdemeanant defendants often interact with multiple defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges. In the past, mentally ill offenders often spent unnecessary time in jail and, lacking access to mental health treatment services on release, became repeat offenders and cycled through the justice system again and again.
The Spokane Regional Mental Health Court (SRMHC) represents an effort to increase effective cooperation between two systems that have traditionally not worked closely together, the mental health treatment system and the criminal justice system.
The project has achieved the following outcomes for the mentally ill misdemeanant population:
- Improved access to mental health treatment services
- Improved public safety
- Improved well-being
- Reduced recidivism
Court Team
The Spokane Regional Mental Health Court Team consists of a Judge, Therapeutic Court Coordinator, Prosecuting Attorney, Defense Attorneys, Court Case Managers, Probation Officers and support staff. The team interacts regularly with treatment providers, Eastern State Hospital Legal Offender Unit, jail discharge staff, and other important partners including housing specialists and financial resource officers.
Office Located at:
Broadway Center Building
721 N. Jefferson
Second Floor
Directions/Map
Hearings Held at:
Public Safety Building
1100 W Mallon Ave.
Second Floor
Directions/Map
Broadway Center Building
721 N. Jefferson
Second Floor
Directions/Map
Hearings Held at:
Public Safety Building
1100 W Mallon Ave.
Second Floor
Directions/Map