Inside an effort to reroute people from jail into housing and treatment in Pima County - AZ Luminaria

Inside an effort to reroute people from jail into housing and treatment in Pima County - AZ Luminaria

How does a small county department tackle the overlapping national crises of substance abuse, untreated or undertreated mental illness and an overreliance on jails and prisons — seemingly intractable problems that are stumping communities across the nation? One key step is getting people in a room. While that’s only a start, it was the idea behind a two-day conference held recently in Tucson, which brought together national and local leaders to …