The Mentally Ill in Jail: Whose Problem Is It Anyway?
Completed on Jul. 15, 2009--On July 15, 2009, the National Institute of Corrections will host a live 3-hour satellite/Internet broadcast to provide an overview of opportunities that can help your organization prepare to work with persons suffering from mental illness in jails.
Overview
Is your organization asking questions similar to the ones below?
What must I do to ease the healthcare process for my employees?
How do we manage the special needs of persons with mental illness?
How do I improve existing programs for treating persons with mental illness in jail?
What strategies can we develop to help us garner stakeholder support in designing
appropriate mental health treatment programs?
Mental health issues in the criminal justice system are a communitywide problem, and corrections stakeholders, including government officials and corrections personnel, all have a role in identifying creative programs and solutions that tackle the problem at its core. This video conference broadcast will investigate the scope of the problem and propose creative solutions from model programs across the nation that you can implement in your own communities.
Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Identify those stakeholders who need to be involved in designing a successful mental health treatment program.
- Understand the risks and liabilities that not adequately addressing the needs of persons suffering from mental illness poses to the local criminal justice system and the surrounding community.
- Identify collaborative strategies for overcoming system failures in treating persons suffering from mental illness in local communities and along the criminal justice continuum.
- Implement strategies to leverage existing resources and develop a collaborative action plan involving all stakeholders.
Audience
This program is open to anyone who wishes to participate. The following are especially encouraged to join the broadcast:
- Elected Officials
- Sheriffs
- Jail Administrators
- Correctional Medical and Mental Health Providers
- Community Medical and Mental Health Providers
- Prosecuting Attorneys
- Defense Attorneys
- Court Administrators
- Mental Health Care Program Advocates
- Local, State and Federal Government Policy Organizations
This program does not have a video.