Diverting offenders with mental illness from jail--a tale of two states

While generally overlooked by criminal justice scholars, jails are an important element of the justice system--there are approximately 691,000 inmates housed within several thousand American jails. Intended primarily for the temporary detention of defendants awaiting court processes and short-term s...

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Published in:Corrections Compendium 2004, Vol.29 (5), p.1
Main Authors: Ruddell, Rick, Roy, Brian, Diehl, Sita
Format: Newsletterarticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Jails
Management
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Mental illness
Prison administration
Prisoners
Provisions
Social change
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Summary:While generally overlooked by criminal justice scholars, jails are an important element of the justice system--there are approximately 691,000 inmates housed within several thousand American jails. Intended primarily for the temporary detention of defendants awaiting court processes and short-term sentences for misdemeanor offenders, jails have become society's default mechanism for dealing with the underclass. Ruddell et al present a tale of Tennessee and California on diverting offenders with mental illness from jail.
ISSN:0738-8144