♪ >> Kentucky's courts systems launching a series of one-day sessions to increase awareness and spark conversations about behavioral health services.

For those who were justice involved.

>> The goal of the recovery oriented system of care summit to connect individuals with the resources they and their families need.

>> So our crowd that is gathered here today at Northern Kentucky University is here to discuss the recovery or in its system of care throughout the state of Kentucky held is that we as a judicial system can collaborate with all of our community partners throughout the state to increase accessibility to services for justice to involved individuals and their families.

>> We a presentation on acquired brain injury and the sick well of brain injury in how many citizens, the interface with the justice system are actually have had brain injuries.

And so that's rare e important for our judges, for law enforcement, for our drug court, specially court folks to understand because those people who have had acquired brain injury, they communicate differently.

Then those that have not and they need may be some special assistance with communication and maybe we can in very small ways alter how we communicate with citizens.

For instance, for me, one of the things that was most interesting being on the Supreme Court here are the final arbiter of affirming or reversing any capital sentence, the death penalty.

In other words, in Kentucky and so was really interesting for me to see this statistic that 100% of death row inmates have some form of brain injury.

It's important that these conversations continue to happen that way.

Continue to discuss ideas, possibilities, new innovative ways.

Real latest research, educating ourselves has been with the administrative office of the courts for over 15 years.

And I have seen the landscape, you know, that the justice system evolved dramatically.

And so it's important for all of us to be willing to adapt into always be having conversations and particularly so we can never lose sight of what the folks in the commonwealth are facing.

So we can make sure that everyone has a better experience when they walk into our courtrooms.

>> There are 7 summits that will be occurring throughout the from today, June.

26 through September, the 10, we will have one session and each appellate district.

So one session 7 different locations throughout the state.

So the Ross summits is a wonderful way for all of our community partners and the judicial staff to come together.

>> And have.

Organic conversations to say how we can meet the needs of our communities together.

And we're grateful for the opportunity that each of the regions have provided us to come in and host the summits.

And we're just looking forward for the upcoming dates.

>> This session was the first of 7 scheduled to take place across the state through September.

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