Background

• American Correctional Association

  • "The United States currently has more mentally ill men and women in jails and prisons than in all state hospitals combined. "
  • < 50% of men and women with severe mental illnesses receive mental health treatment while they are incarcerated.
  • < 25% of inmates with more moderate forms of mental illness receive mental health services.

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