U.S. Department of Justice

Jails and the Mentally Ill: Issues and Analysis

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Sep. 19, 2011

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  • 025259

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  • 2009
  • 62 pages

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Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: The essential need “for there to be a unified approach incorporating the many disciplines and agencies that share – or should share – responsibility for working with mentally ill people in local custody” is explained (p. iii). Six sections follow an executive summary: introduction—purpose and processes; overview and system considerations; relationships between Departments of Mental Health (DMH), state mental hospitals, courts, and additional collaborations; priorities for jail systems—diversion from jail, screening and assessment, housing, treatment/programming, medication, and reentry/transition; staff and staff training; and conclusion. An appendix has a draft “Jail Mental Health Assessment Instrument”. Multi-agency responses are needed for multi-agency problems.
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