Offenders In Prisons

Mentally ill offenders are frequently caught up in the criminal justice system. Prisons are not adequately equipped to care for mentally ill inmates, which can lead to an escalation of an inmate’s illness. Mentally ill inmates are a major problem in prisons because they require plenty of special needs. Most of the prisons do not encounter the medication needed for these offenders, so it is better for them to be taken care of at a mental hospital where they will be treated correctly. Incarcerating mentally ill offenders cause major problems in prisons. Taxpayer costs increased tremendously. Mentally ill inmates cost a lot more than non-mentally ill inmates. Prisons depend on the community for money to be able to maintain the inmates secure, but the community is wasting thousands of dollars and they cannot help treat the ill inmates the correct way. Now that mostly half of the prisons have mentally ill offenders they have made
It is stressful for offenders with no special needs to be in a closed small space, so this means that offenders with special needs probably go psychotic when everything around them goes into a small cell. Jail officers have to be very patient when it comes to dealing with mentally ill inmates because they could do things that are unthinkable. Mentally ill offenders can be a danger to themselves and others if they don’t receive the attention that they need. Mentally ill offenders often attack correctional officers and other prisoners. These types of inmates are most likely to commit suicide. Officers have had plenty of problems with these uncontrollable inmates. Those inmates that are uncontrollable have been sent to segregated housing units. In those segregation units they have no interactions with anybody. Inmates that are sent there have either gone crazy or their illness got worse. Officers have talked to jury’s to provide them with health workers to help deal with these