Getting the Mentally Ill Out of Jails

Studies were included if they met the following criteria: (a) appeared in peer-reviewed journals; (b) were published in full; (c) were not reviews, perspectives, dissertation

“Federal penitentiaries are fast becoming our nation’s largest psychiatric facilities and repositories for the mentally ill,” Cor- rectional Investigator of Canada Howard

I n September 1992, Public Citizen’s Health Research Group and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill jointly released a report on seriously mentally ill people in

The Florida Council for Community Mental Health (FCCMH) is a statewide association of 70 community-based mental health and substance abuse agencies. The members serve as the

Virginia: In 2008 a state mental health commission estimated that “15 percent of all inmates in states prisons and jails are seriously mentally ill.” Roanoke County Sheriff

Among the various management issues relating to mentally ill inmates, there has been significant discussion about the role that prison employees, especially correctional staff,

These observations are best summarized in the poignant words of a mother (whose son has bipolar disorder), as documented in Out of the shadows at last: Transforming men- tal

More than two of three inmates met the criteria for at least one lifetime psychiatric disorder, almost half for an anxiety disor- der, and more than one-third for an affective