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  2. Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons

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    A 2017 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics noted that 54.3% of prisoners and 35% of jail inmates who had experienced serious psychological distress in the past 30 days have received mental health treatment since admission to the current facility, and 63% of prisoners and 44.5% of jail inmates with a history of a mental health problem ...

  3. Mental health among female offenders in the United States

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    In fact, between 1988 and 2000, prison mental health services declined, and those services that are available are concentrated only in the most secure facilities." [9] One study found that 41% of female inmates report use of mental health services while incarcerated, while 73% report mental health problems. [9] [40]

  4. California faces $50 million in fines for failing to meet ...

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    California faces more than $50 million in fines for failing to correct a chronic shortage of mental health providers in its state prisons. The fines, which could be imposed by Chief U.S. District ...

  5. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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    In 1851, California activated its first state-run institution. This institution was a 268-ton wooden ship named The Waban, and was anchored in the San Francisco Bay. [4] The prison ship housed 30 inmates who subsequently constructed San Quentin State Prison, which opened in 1852 with approximately 68 inmates. [5]

  6. A secret contract aims to upend landmark California prison ...

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    California commissioned an exhaustive study of whether its prisons are providing sufficient mental health care, an effort officials said they could use to try to end a 34-year-old federal lawsuit ...

  7. Rehabilitation (penology) - Wikipedia

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    Without the proper innate motivation and desire from the inmate, attempts to educate or assist with substance abuse are less effective [citation needed]. A study revealed that more than half of those incarcerated had a mental health problem, defined as a recent history or symptoms of a mental health problem within the previous 12 months. [19]

  8. ‘Take action.’ Advocates urge release of Tarrant County ...

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    Court records for Campbell include an order filed in February to transfer him to a state mental health facility, but he remains in the county jail, according to the jail log.. Others who spoke ...

  9. Coalinga State Hospital - Wikipedia

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    In California, all prisoners convicted of sexual assault or child sexual abuse are flagged and reviewed six months prior to parole. [5] The law in California dictates that to be provided with the classification as a sexually violent predator, an individual must have at least one identified victim, have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness resulting in volitional impairment (most ...