Chapter IV: Incarceration and Reentry

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Outline
Introduction
Policy Statements:
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Additional Resources

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Policy Statement 19: Subsequest Referral for Screening and Mental Health Evaluations

Identify individuals who - despite not raising any flags during the screening and assessment process - show symptoms of mental illness after their intake into the facility, and ensure that appropriate action is taken.

Overview
Recommendations:
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Recommendation c: Minimize the stigma that staff and inmates may harbor regarding mental illness.

Over the previous two decades, many corrections systems have successfully educated staff about HIV and AIDS, about how the virus is transmitted and how it is treated. Correctional systems should undertake a similar public health education initiative regarding mental illness. (See Policy Statement 30: Training for Corrections Personnel; also Policy Statement 32: Educating the Community and Building Community Awareness and Policy Statement 43: Advocacy, for more on stigma)