This is a community treatment program for people with mental disorders in conflict with the law. The aim is to prevent them from being prosecuted inappropriately and without endangering public safety.
Participants must maintain frequent contact with the judge, judicial social workers, and the treatment team in the community, attending subsequent hearings. Sanctions and incentives are also applied to ensure compliance with the program’s conditions.
Participants can receive intensive interventions, such as hospitalization in psychiatric centers, 24-hour residential services and detoxification services, or milder therapeutic interventions, such as community treatment and support services, individual and group therapy, medication management and case management.