Mental illness in jails and prisons

Abstract

The large number of mental patients in prisons and jails and the challenges that they pose for proper services have become a problem that is practically intractable. With the concerns about the violence perpetrated by the mentally ill adding further to the problem, more research is required into coordination of services among branches of government, interinstitutional arrangements, and better community best practices to divert the mentally ill and to prevent reincarceration.