NCJ Number
97798
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1985) Pages: 17-27
Date Published
1985
Length
11 pages
Annotation
Mental health efforts in prisons and jails most often ignore the mental illness prevention capabilities of main-line correctional personnel.
Abstract
By focusing on inmates with drug dependencies or severe psychiatric disorders, traditional mental health services have failed to come to grips with the problems created for 'normal inmates' by the conditions of confinement. This article argues that indigenous correctional personnel might supplement the efforts of professional treatment staff by learning to assist inmates in coping with the stress produced by everyday institutional living conditions. (Publisher abstract)