Mental Health - Prison Policy Initiative
Below, we’ve curated virtually all of the research about the relationship between mental health and the criminal justice system available online. U.S. prisons and jails incarcerate a disproportionate amount of people who have a current or past mental health problem, and facilities are not meeting the demand for treatment.
Improving mental health for inmates
About 37 percent of people in prison have a history of mental health problems, according to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Justice. More than 24 percent have been previously diagnosed with major depressive order, 17 percent with bipolar disorder, 13 percent with a personality disorder and 12 percent with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Struggle Within: The Crisis of Mental Illness in Prisons
4 天之前 · To compound matters, the research has consistently shown that being incarcerated in a correctional facility is far more likely to worsen, not lessen, the mental health conditions of those ...
Mental Health Treatment in Correctional Facilities
Mental Health America (MHA) supports effective, accessible mental health treatment for all people who need it who are confined in adult or juvenile correctional facilities or under correctional control.
People with Mental Health Conditions in Corrections
People with mental health issues increasingly receive care provided by correctional agencies. In 1959, nearly 559,000 patients were housed in state mental hospitals (Lamb, 1998). A shift to "deinstitutionalize" people with mental health issues had, by the late 1990s, dropped the number of persons housed in public psychiatric hospitals to ...
Fact Sheet: Incarceration and Mental Health - Cornell University
2017年5月30日 · A national survey found that among state prisoners, 24% of those with a mental health disorder had been charged with physically or verbally assaulting correctional staff or other inmates, compared to 10.4% of those without a mental health disorder.54
Mental Health Treatment While Incarcerated - NAMI
People with mental health conditions are overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons — with many individuals becoming justice-involved due to a lack of adequate community mental health services. About two in five people currently incarcerated have a history of mental illness — a rate twice as high as the average in this country.
Justice Department announces sweeping reforms to curb suicides …
3 天之前 · The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to address a crisis of suicides and systemic failures in federal prisons and jails, announcing sweeping reforms aimed at overhauling how mental health care is provided behind bars.
Incarceration: A Public Health Crisis - NIHCM
2023年8月29日 · Nearly 5.5 million people are on probation, in jail, in prison, or on parole in the United States at any one time. This population is disproportionately plagued by chronic illnesses, substance use disorders, and mental health issues.
Mental and physical health morbidity among people in prisons: …
2023年10月31日 · A quarter (24%) of people who enter prison were found to have an alcohol use disorder and 39% a drug use disorder. These mental health conditions rarely present in isolation; around half of people in prisons with depression (52%) or psychotic illness (49%) had a comorbid substance use disorder.