Juvenile Detention Detainees

A common misconception that many people have about the United States prison system is that it acts as a sanctuary for rehabilitation, and it is this misconception that allows people to believe that mentally ill prisoners who are sent to prison will receive the treatment that they need. Not only does life in prison provide added stress and anxiety to the already burdensome life of living with a mental illness, but with so many inmates in such close quarters, said mentally ill patients often get harassed and are unlikely to get the amount of attention from doctors and specialists that they truly need. With such stated lack of necessary attention and treatment, mentally ill prisoners often develop more severe symptoms than those that they entered with. Therefore, the time, energy, and resources that funnel into caring for the 1.3 million inmates with mental illness who are currently in the United States prison system should be shifted to focus on medication and or rehabilitation in an appropriate

To properly evaluate the effectiveness, outcomes, and cost of the Therapeutic Detention Center for Juveniles program it will be necessary to conduct a mixed methods research approach that includes both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Fifty percent of juveniles who have been ordered by the court to this program will be randomly selected to be enrolled into a 5-year study. Juveniles diagnosed with a mental illness based off DSM-5 criteria who have been court ordered to the Therapeutic Detention Center will be eligible for the study. Consent should be obtained by both the juvenile and their parent/guardian for enrollment.

Another major factor is the lack of medical services in the prisons and jails. Many of the mentally ill are retained in the criminal justice system without the appropriate treatment needed because of the lack of trained staff in the mental illness field (Markowitz, 2011). There is usually limited access to treatment programs while incarcerated and a high risk of decomposition and deterioration (Rock, 2001). In a Frontline documentary on mental illness researchers estimated that about two thirds of the inmates in state facilities who did receive counseling or psychotropic drugs did not necessarily specialize in providing mental health services; leaving us to believe when the adequate treatment is being distributed is it being properly

Prisons and jails in the United States house more than a quarter of a million mentally ill offenders at any given time (Torrey et al., 2014). Some of this is due to the substantial decrease in mental hospitalizations, which occurred when many facilities closed for inhumane treatment of patients (Swanson, 2015). Proper care of the incarcerated mentally ill is imperative, as these inmates are at risk of being abused and having their mental health deteriorate (Torrey et al., 2014). Often, these offenders will “leave prison or jail sicker than when they entered” (Torrey et al.,

The Lookout Mountain Youth Correctional Facility is run by the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Corrections and serves male juvenile offenders in a secure treatment program. Their mission is “to be a model of excellence providing treatment for youth in a safe, secure and healthy environment.” They are firm believers that all people have dignity and worth and they “strive to create opportunities for positive growth and change.” 70-75% of youth placed in the facility suffer from mental health issues outside of a simple disorder causing misbehavior. These disorders range from post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders. In addition to mental health disorders, many

Finally, members in youth detention centers are also isolated from the outside world. Visiting hours are set to certain times and certain inmates have certain restrictions when it comes to who is allowed to visit. For example, if it was a cooperative inmate, they may get more time with visitors than when compared to an uncooperative inmate. Therefore, youth detention centers are very much like other total institutions when regarding the way of life of enrolled personnel.

Everyday correctional officials work to deal with mental health inmates. Often hotly debated, many search for ways to work with this growing population. Glaze and Bonczar (2009) estimate around 2.3 million people are incarcerated within the US and of those, 20 percent suffer from some form of mental disorder. Even with such a high number, the rate of mental illnesses within the prison system is on the climb. Many of these inmates will remain incarcerated and receive little to no treatment for their mental issues. This essay, will look at the practices associated when dealing with mental illness and discuss the strategies on dealing with this growing issue.

The significance of this study was to examine if adolescents in a juvenile detention center in St. Louis City could self-adjust, cope or adapt with their levels of stress. There is a great deal of literature available supporting the notion of utilizing affective tactics in combating stress levels among various age groups. However, there is very little information provided on at-risk adolescents in a juvenile detention center confronted with dangerous levels of stress. The importance of understanding how these detained adolescents between the ages of 11-17, approach dealing with their stress is not just beneficial to them and the institution responsible for providing adequate care. It further provides a unique view into the mindset of detained

Social support is important so that the youth will be able to accept the incarceration better and not cause any danger to others or to himself or herself. Acceptance has a cushioning effect of the predicament of what it means to be incarcerated means for that person, whereas denial can lead to the exact opposite, such as the person will cause chaos inside and outside his or her cell and not only to themselves but for every other person present. The only coping variable related to violent behavior was active coping, which was associated with lower rates of violent offending among youth with any violent incidents.(Shulman, 2011) It is very important that the adolescents know how to cope with the fact that they are going to spend their time in a cell rather their comfortable

Mental illness is a problem that occurs in all nations around the world. This is even more true for the populations in correctional facilities for both men and women. The overwhelming number of persons in correctional facilities with health issues is caused by: the rational that people with mental health disorders are a threat to society; narrow mindedness and low tolerance for people who are different from us; no resources to acquire the proper care needed. These mental health problems may have occurred prior to incarceration, and may nurtured further by the stressful environment of prisons, or they may have also been caused by being incarcerated in the first place in addition to other prior issues. Correctional facilities is not the place for the mentally ill, instead they should be treated for there illnesses. The purpose of this paper is to depict both the problem of inmates with mental health disorders in correctional facilities and the challenges faced by correctional staff. Secondly, denote possible interventions (treatment) for inmates with mental health issues. Next, support this information with studies about mental health in correctional facilities. Lastly, offer reasons it is important to combat the problem of mental illness in correctional facilities in order to better serve their well being needs.

Despite the fact that my parents have worked in the criminal justice system for many years, I have never given much thought to the treatment of prisoners. As we learned from the readings, the current state of the United States criminal justice system is imperfect to the point of cruelty to those involved in it. This is truer for individuals with a mental illness. Due to a lack of psychiatric facilities throughout Alabama and overcrowding of those that do exist, many criminal offenders with mental illnesses are sent to prisons instead. State prisons are currently overcrowded, leading to substandard conditions such in almost every aspect.

Placing a juvenile in a detention center early in the court process increases the risk that youths will be found to be delinquent and damage their prospects for future success. A majority of the youths that are placed in these facilities pose little or no threat to the public and essentially do not need to be there. This portion of the juvenile court process is detrimental to the future and mental aspects of a youth’s life. We desperately need to change the way that we handle the juvenile court system because we are only reinforcing the delinquent behavior that these youths have been exposed to. We need to focus on the rehabilitation and prevention efforts for these youths not the punishment aspect and until then (insert a better ending).

According to a 2006 Bureau of Justice Statistics report found that over half of the inmates in both prisons and in jails had a problem concerning their mental health (James & Glaze, 2006). The estimates in this report were separated by federal prisons, which contained 45 percent of inmates suffering from mental illness, 56 percent in state prisons, and

What we could do to prevent or decreased crimes in juveniles is to build enough business so that everyone who lives in the Urban area could obtain a job and become stable. A way in which we could build enough business in the Urban Area is by informing the Governor to use people’s taxes money to build the businesses instead of giving it to the people that do not work. Juvenile detention facility is a prison where they put underage teenagers that have committed a crime. The idea of a juvenile detention facility is to prevent juvenile delinquents from committing a crime again. Is juvenile detention facility effective?. Juvenile detention facility is not effective because it puts juvenile at risk, and negatively influences them psychologically and academically. So how does juvenile ends up in detention facility?. How does the detention facility affects juveniles when they come back to society, how does it affects them into getting a job in the future and why it is important for people to know that juvenile detention facility is not

The researchers do a thorough job discussing the research they performed in the juvenile detention center. Overall, the interpretation of their findings is discussed thoroughly touching on all aspects of the article. Their findings are appropriate in context with the culture they researched, they interpret major findings, discuss their limitations, and the research supported transferability.