INTEGRATING COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INTO LOCAL JAILS: A POLICY PERSPECTIVE |
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| Authors: | Dave Kalinich Paul Embert Jeffrey D. Senese |
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| Affiliation: | DAVE KALINICH is an Associate Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. Dr. Kalinich has written several books and articles in the area of corrections and jails and has developed and conducted training programs for jail and community mental health personnel. He has also coauthored a training manual to prepare community mental health workers to work with mentally ill clients incarcerated in local jails.;PAUL EMBERT holds the position of Training Coordinator at the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Security Policy) and has taught at various colleges on a full- or part-time basis since 1969. He has developed and conducted a number of training programs, including training programs with jail personnel and community mental health workers. He has also coauthored a training manual to prepare community mental health workers to work with mentally ill clients incarcerated in local jails.;JEFFREY D. SENESE is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, in the School of Criminal Justice. His research interests are in the areas of how mental health and criminal justice systems interface, crime unemployment and incarceration, and spatial phenomenon of crime. He is also contributing author to a monograph focusing on preventing suicides of jail inmates. |
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| Abstract: | Across t h e nation, the number o f mentally ill inmates in local jails has increased over the past decade. Moreover, mentally ill inmates are not typically receiving adequate services from either the jail or mental health service systems. In response to the problem, several jurisdictions are attempting to utilize community mental health (CMH) services to provide treatment for these inmates. This paper discusses organizational problems inherent to integrating CMH services into jails and recommends approaches for dealing with those problems. Much of the information and thinking in this paper is based upon the recent experience of the authors with the Michigan Department of Mental Health and local jails as trainers and consultants in integrating CMH workers into jail settings. |
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