Mental
Illness in Jails
The following is an announcement from the National Institute of
Corrections:
Is your jail the mental health facility of first or last resort? Jails have experienced a dramatic rise in the number of inmates with serious mental illness. Many jails are ill equipped to manage this population and have limited resources for providing services.
The National Institute of Corrections, through a live interactive satellite/Internet videoconference on April 17, 2002 will help participants:
* Better understand the issues around managing people with mental illness in jails
* Identify the essential jail components for inmates with mental illness
* Understand creative approaches to meeting the service needs of inmates with serious mental illness
* Identify potential resources that can be used to assist in the management of inmates with mental illness
*******For more information:
http://www.nicic.org/services/video/02_mental-jails.htm, or call Mary Ann
Karre at 800-995-6429, extension 149, or e-mail her at mkarre@bop.gov.
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This videoconference is available at no charge to any agency or facility nationwide with access to the Internet or satellite dish or downlink (C-Band or KU-Band transponder).
**If your agency does not have its own dish, check to see if a local college, Federal prison, or hotel in your area has a "downlinked" meeting room.
If you are a correctional agency and need a free satellite dish, please contact Anne Charles at 800-531-4288 extension 2627 for information.
If you cannot find a local site or need information on Internet access, call Ed Wolahan at 800-995-6429, extension 131, for assistance.
You can call in questions via a toll-free telephone number shown on the screen during the broadcast.
Who should participate?
* jail administrators
* sheriffs
* state directors of mental health
* mental health directors
* mental health and jail program staff
* mental health association members
* community mental health staff
* consumer advocates
* state hospital administrators
* substance abuse program providers
* public health jail providers
* judges
* prosecutors and attorneys
* public defenders
* county commissioners
* health resource services administrators
* managed care companies
* risk managers
* ER personnel
* jail standards/inspection
* state legislature
* medical schools telemedicine/tele-psychiatry
--from the National Institute of Corrections
This "Mental Health E-News" posting is a service of the New York Ass'n of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, a statewide coalition of people who use and/or provide community Mental health services dedicated to improving services and social conditions for people with
psychiatric disabilities by promoting their recovery, rehabilitation and rights.
To join our list, e-mail us your request and, where appropriate, the name of your organization to
NYAPRS@aol.com.
Save these dates!
September 10 - 13, 2002
NYAPRS 20th Annual Conference Celebration
'Now More Than Ever: Hope, Healing and Recovery'
at the Nevele Grande Resort, Ellenville New York
contact: Mary McLaughlin, NYAPRS
1 Columbia Place Albany, NY 12207
(518) 436-0008; fax: (518) 436-0044
