Yes. Nacro provides some supported housing schemes that accept people with mental health problems. For details, search our services.

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For information on disclosing criminal convictions and mental health history please contact the Resettlement Plus Helpline on 020 7840 6464.

Nacro has worked with agencies in a number of areas helping them to improve the effectiveness of their arrangements for offenders with mental health issues or a learning disability.

Nacro offers training on a variety of subjects relating to these issues, and can help others put together programmes for training days for multi-disciplinary groups.

We believe that responses to offenders with mental health needs or a learning disability should focus on their care and treatment rather than punishment, where relevant and appropriate.

These schemes – also known as mentally disordered offenders (MDO) diversion or court assessment schemes – work in a multi-disciplinary way to divert offenders with mental health problems

There is no hard and fast rule for the best way of dealing with offenders with mental health needs or a learning disability.

The term ‘diversion’ describes a process of decision-making that results in offenders with mental health issues being redirected away from the criminal justice system and into the health and social care sectors.

It is difficult to be certain about the numbers of people in contact with the criminal justice system who have a mental health need.