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Special Needs Offenders
However, when discussing prisoners with mental health needs, it is important to point out that this population is so significant it is virtually synonymous with the larger population. "In the United States, 56 per cent of state prisoners, 64 per cent of jail inmates and 45 per cent of federal prisoners reported treatment for or symptoms of major depression, mania or psychotic disorders in 2006" (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2009, Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs:10). Even when a prisoner is not legally classified as 'insane' he or she can still have severe mental disabilities which stretch the limits of his or her limited coping mechanisms. Prisoners often have poor access to mental health care to manage their conditions, given that the types of therapies and psychotropic medications that are effective for treating mental illnesses can be extremely difficult to balance without constant...
The types of punitive and retributive strategies that might be appropriate for some prisoners might not necessarily be uniformly appropriate for prisoners with mental illness. For other illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, there may be serious concerns about determining when the prisoner can and should be released into larger society, since it is virtually impossible to draw a hard and fast line where the offender's criminal intent ends and the mental illness begins. Finally, prisoners with mental illnesses may be more likely to be attacked by their fellow prisoners and their reactions may be poorly understood by guards. For…
Prisoner Reentry Recommendations to Hillary Clinton Regarding Prisoner Re-Entry into Society Prisoner re-entry is a vitally important issue today which has yet to reach its full impact on the minds and lives of voters. However, with every passing year the importance of this topic becomes more evident. Since the eighties, every passing year has brought more pressure for harsher and longer imprisonment and more streamlined mandatory sentencing rules. This has not only
3. Variables Such as Gender There are various disparities in the overall demographics of this type of offense. As one report on the demographics of sex offenders in the United States, notes; "… although the vast majority of attention on sex crimes focuses on men as the offenders, an increased awareness of females as sex offenders has surfaced in recent years." (Female Sex Offenders, 2007) This study also adds the important
Gender-Specific Therapy for Women Prisoners RESEARCH QUESTION AND JUSTIFICATION On average, women make up about 7% of the total federal and state incarcerated population in the United States. This has increased since the 1980s due to stricter and more severe laws that focus on recreational drug use, a lack of community programs, and fewer treatment centers available for outpatients (Zaitow and Thomas, eds., 2003). According to the National Women's Law Centers, women
Ex Offenders The United States is regarded as having the world's highest incarceration rate. It has been estimated that the prisons are holding more than 2.3 million people as of now. Due to this reason, overcrowding is a significant issue in the prison system of the country. It is seen that for every hundred thousand population, there are seven hundred and forty eight inmates and this number is expected to increase.
Sex offender (sex-related transgressor, sex abuser or even sex-related abuser) is an individual that has actually dedicated a sex criminal offense or in some circumstances also plain public peeing (MSNBC, 2007). Just what comprises a sex criminal activity varies by society and lawful territory. A number of territories assemble their regulations in to areas, such as traffic, attack and sex-related. Most of pronounced guilty sex transgressors have convictions for criminal
CAEFS takes the position that women with mental health problems do not belong in prisons and that the treatment, support and assistance they need should be provided to them in the community, rather than in prison. Recommendation #2) The above statement clearly outlines central problem areas that should be the focus of investigation. As this study and others emphasize, women who enter prison with mental issues and problems require intensive support.