Questions:
Q1
What percentage of the U.S. jail and prison population is mentally ill? Why are so many mentally ill people ending up behind bars? And whose is to blame?
Q2
Is the Ohio Prison system doing what they can to serve this population? How? What is the racial breakdown of the mentally ill in prison?
Q3
Do the mentally ill serve longer or shorter sentences than the general population? Do the mentally ill have higher recidivism rates than the general inmate population?
Q4
Are there enough reentry services available for the mentally ill who are released from prison? If you could develop a group home or a particular reentry service program, what would it consist of to serve this specific population?
Based on what you have learned from the two videos regarding prisons and mental illness and your chapter readings, primarily chapters 10-12:
1. Incorporate knowledge, concepts, and constructs of what you have learned from the reading materials outlined in the course (i.e., course textbooks, articles);
2. Integrate discussion points from the lecture materials
3. Incorporate at least 3 peer reviewed journal articles in your answers that discusses and analyzes in depth the issue of mental illness in prison and community corrections. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/showsasylums/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/released/
