Reimagining Justice: Exploring Texas Innovations in Mental Health

Outpatient Competency Restoration (OCR) with Jonathan Lemuel

Reimagining Justice: Exploring Texas Innovations in Mental Health

Show Notes

In this episode, we are joined by Jonathan Lemuel, the Director of Forensic Services at Bluebonnet Trails Community Services. He tells us about BBTCS's Outpatient Competency Restoration program, which helps defendants who are found incompetent to stand trial achieve the ability to participate in their own defense in a community-based setting. If you have an innovation in mental health that you'd like to see on the podcast, email [email protected] with the subject line "Reimagining Justice." *Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the JCMH, the Supreme Court of Texas, or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only.

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