Difficulties Correction Staff Face With Mentally Ill Inmates
Compose an essay that details the difficulty that correctional staff have when the severely mentally ill are in custody. Be sure to discuss the questions and prompts below in your response. How is care in correctional settings different based on the custody or treatment perspective of the role of corrections? What impact does solitary confinement have on those with severe mental illnesses? What benefits and downfalls for all involved does this confinement have? How does an individual with a co-occurring mental health and substance-use issue present unique problems in corrections? Suggest one program or policy that could help one of the issues raised with the incarceration of the mentally ill. Support your essay with at least two references, one of which must be from the CSU Online Library. You may find the following library resource useful: How to Research Criminal Justice Topics tutorial. Closed-captioning can be found once you access the video. Your essay must be at least three pages in length, and it must include an introductory section. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.