Mental illness in jail
Mental illness in jail
Learning Goal: I’m working on a criminal justice question and need a sample draft to help me learn.
Written Assignment: At any given time jails house more than 100,000 seriously mentally ill. What issues exasperates the job of jails in caring for the mentally ill? There has been significant discussion that many offenders with mental illness do not need to be placed in jail but rather diverted to other programs. Intellectually, concept sounds great. But pragmatically, how realistic is this in North Carolina? If it is not a pragmatic solution, what are some alternatives regarding the placement of mentally ill felons in jails to alternative confinement? How would this sort of alternative programming be financed? There are examples of this type of alternative programming in North Carolina. Please described at least one such program, along with its governance and who finances. APA FORMAT
Requirements: 4 pages
Mental illness in jail
Learning Goal: I’m working on a criminal justice question and need a sample draft to help me learn.
Written Assignment: At any given time jails house more than 100,000 seriously mentally ill. What issues exasperates the job of jails in caring for the mentally ill? There has been significant discussion that many offenders with mental illness do not need to be placed in jail but rather diverted to other programs. Intellectually, concept sounds great. But pragmatically, how realistic is this in North Carolina? If it is not a pragmatic solution, what are some alternatives regarding the placement of mentally ill felons in jails to alternative confinement? How would this sort of alternative programming be financed? There are examples of this type of alternative programming in North Carolina. Please described at least one such program, along with its governance and who finances. APA FORMAT
Requirements: 4 pages