Mental health
Policy and practice of mental health
- Homelessness, mental illness, substance use disorders, and criminalization are deeply connected problems that housing can help with (Created: 2023)
- Many people under community supervision with mental health or substance use disorders can't access treatment (Created: 2023)
- People on probation and parole report higher rates of mental health and substance use disorders (Created: 2023)
- Involuntary commitment in the justice system (Created: 2023)
- Women in state prisons report being diagnosed with mental health problems at much higher rates than men (Created: 2022)
- In state prisons, women of all races and ethnicities are more likely than men to have any mental health diagnosis (Created: 2022)
- Over half of people in state prisons report mental health problems, but only 1 in 4 has received professional help in prison (Created: 2022)
- Incarcerated people suffer disproportionately with serious mental illnesses compared to the overall U.S. population (Created: 2022)
- Jail suicide rates: Out of step with the nation (and U.S. prisons) (Created: 2022)
- People with incarcerated family members are less likely to report good physical and mental health than those with no family history of incarceration (Created: 2021)
- Suicide rates have always been higher inside prisons, and the gap is widening (Created: 2021)
- Rates of mental illness and substance use disorders are much higher among "frequent utilizers" of jails (Created: 2019)
- People with multiple arrests have serious health needs (Created: 2019)
- People in jail are five times more likely than the general population to have a serious mental illness (Created: 2019)
- Percentage of people in prisons and jails experiencing “serious psychological distress” in past 30 days. (Created: 2017)
- Incarcerated women more likely than men to have history of mental health problems (Created: 2017)
- Women much more likely than men to experience "serious psychological distress" while incarcerated (Created: 2017)
- Most suicides in jail occur within the first week (Created: 2016)
- Pennsylvania's Institutional Populations 1982-2003 (Created: 2003)
Events
- August 5, 2024:
On Wednesday, August 5, 2024, at 3 PM EST, we’ll host a panel of advocates to discuss the importance and challenges of helping people in prison testify at legislative hearings, and introduce our new legislative testimony toolkit.
Panelists include: Anthony Blakenship of Civil Survival, Jesse White of Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts, and incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell.
Register here.
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