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Editor's note: The mental health court in Nashua helps people suffering from mental illness avoid jail time when they get in trouble with the law. The success of the court depends on the people who run it and their connections with one another. This four-day series of stories looks at some of those people and their connections.
Woman’s fourth criminal case dropped
By HATTIE BERNSTEIN Staff Writer | Thursday, August 12, 2010
MILFORD – Judge Paul Moore on Wednesday afternoon agreed to drop charges in district court against a woman accused of threatening her brother with a …
Mental health center gets money to integrate primary care
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Monday, November 2, 2009
These days it might almost seem the doctors and therapists are almost rolling in money at the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center at Community Council. …
Mental Health Court making a difference
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Nashua is one of three New Hampshire communities attempting to develop a new model for the treatment of nonviolent criminals with a mental illness. The …
Judge, others saw dire need for new system
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Wednesday, August 5, 2009
NASHUA – During a typical set of arraignments one mid-2005 morning, Nashua District Court Judge James Leary found himself face-to-face with an elderly mother tearfully …
Despite success, court funding hard to find
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Wednesday, August 5, 2009
NASHUA – Since it was founded in 2006, nearly 250 people have enrolled in the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center at Community Council mental health …
Legislature working on ways to deal when mentally ill, the law cross paths
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Tuesday, August 4, 2009
NASHUA – Nashua District Court isn't the only place where the fate of mentally ill people and their interaction with police and courts is a …
Getting inmates needing therapy proper care tough, jail chief says
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Tuesday, August 4, 2009
MANCHESTER – Jail isn't the place to send mentally ill people who commit minor crimes. Perhaps no one knows that better than James O'Mara, superintendent …
Nashua, Hudson police learning to detect signs of mental illness
By JOSEPH G. COTE Staff Writer | Monday, August 3, 2009
S Simply having a mental health court in the city isn't going to solve anything unless everyone involved in it – the lawyers, judges a …
