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I have visited a jail before, and one question stayed with me afterward: what happens when someone enters that environment already struggling with a serious mental health problem? Jail can punish a crime, but punishment alone may not address the condition connected to the behavior. That is the problem New Jersey’s mental health diversion law is trying to confront. On December 21, 2023, New Jersey enacted P.L. 2023, c.188, creating a Statewide Mental Health Diversion Program.