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Just Published: BJS report on Mental Health Statistics in Jails/Prisons

Published Sep 07 2006, 08:25 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics just released the Special Report on "Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates", September 2006.

The midyear 2005 statistics indicate more than half of all prison and jail inmates had a mental health problem. The numbers are 705,600 in state prisons, 70,200 in Federal prisons and 479,900 in local jails.

Mental health definitions were based on: a recent history or symptoms of a mental health problem. The charts include the major DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition) symptoms. Check it out.  Do the percentages match your statistics?  

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cherokkee lady said:

mental health in prison,thats the prison dam fault,theses men are humam,people that run prison are not human,they are there for a pay check,that includes the doctors and so call phys they work for the prison the more inmates they keep inside the walls the more money they screw out of the state,and they set a prison up to fall.

September 11, 2008 9:28 AM

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About Peggy L. Ritchie

Principal Analyst Legislative Analyst Office Sacramento, CA 95814