Prisons: Prisoners With Special Needs
Prisoners with Special Needs
In today’s society, jails are starting to incarcerate more and more special needs prisoners. For
example, the mentally ill, and substance abusing prisoners. This number is growing faster and faster
and will leave behind the prison system if something is not done to make sure that these prisoners are
treated the right way. Several people argue the fact that they are there because they committed a crime.
They also argue the point of why should they get special treatment and the other prisoners not receive
the same treatment when they all committed the same crime. A lot of people fail to realize that
these people function in a different way depending on their special needs. If they …show more content…
Another problem
could be that a lot of medications taken; require to be taken with certain types of food. In
prison you are put on a set schedule when you can and can’t eat. This may interfere with the times that
the medication must be consumed at; forcing the inmate to take their pills without something to eat. This can result in the pills making them sick or even not working as they should ("Mental Health Treatment In Jails And Prisons", 2008). When it comes to facilitating prisoners with special needs in a prison that is not meant to incarcerate them, there can be a lot of negative outcomes that can m environment unsafe for not only the officers but for the other inmates that are incarcerated in the prison as well.
Mentally ill offenders in a regular prison facility is not an ideal setting to help rehabilitate the
inmate. These type of offenders need special attention so they can be rehabilitated and not be in …show more content…
The current prisons have wings or facilities that are dedicated specifically toward prisoners that have special needs, which need to be attended too. One of the facilities that are used for mentally ill inmates are called drug aid programs. The drug program is a program that has been around for approximately two years. The drug program is designed to provide needed medication and monitoring for mentally ill inmates. The program provides medicine that is free to inmates that are taken back into custody because they broke parole, and to those that are in half way houses who were released from prison. Once released from prison, the defendant is then given a 30 day supply. They are then expected to apply for vouchers to continue receiving medication (“Drug aid program benefits mentally ill prisoners”, 2009). The drug aid program has helped tremendously with return offenders. This program has brought down the number since 2006. In 2006, before the program was established, 56 percent of the offenders that were sent to correctional facilities ended up violating new or old laws that were previously violated. In return they returned back to prison. In the first year of this program being set up, only 3 percent of 61
In today’s society, jails are starting to incarcerate more and more special needs prisoners. For
example, the mentally ill, and substance abusing prisoners. This number is growing faster and faster
and will leave behind the prison system if something is not done to make sure that these prisoners are
treated the right way. Several people argue the fact that they are there because they committed a crime.
They also argue the point of why should they get special treatment and the other prisoners not receive
the same treatment when they all committed the same crime. A lot of people fail to realize that
these people function in a different way depending on their special needs. If they …show more content…
Another problem
could be that a lot of medications taken; require to be taken with certain types of food. In
prison you are put on a set schedule when you can and can’t eat. This may interfere with the times that
the medication must be consumed at; forcing the inmate to take their pills without something to eat. This can result in the pills making them sick or even not working as they should ("Mental Health Treatment In Jails And Prisons", 2008). When it comes to facilitating prisoners with special needs in a prison that is not meant to incarcerate them, there can be a lot of negative outcomes that can m environment unsafe for not only the officers but for the other inmates that are incarcerated in the prison as well.
Mentally ill offenders in a regular prison facility is not an ideal setting to help rehabilitate the
inmate. These type of offenders need special attention so they can be rehabilitated and not be in …show more content…
The current prisons have wings or facilities that are dedicated specifically toward prisoners that have special needs, which need to be attended too. One of the facilities that are used for mentally ill inmates are called drug aid programs. The drug program is a program that has been around for approximately two years. The drug program is designed to provide needed medication and monitoring for mentally ill inmates. The program provides medicine that is free to inmates that are taken back into custody because they broke parole, and to those that are in half way houses who were released from prison. Once released from prison, the defendant is then given a 30 day supply. They are then expected to apply for vouchers to continue receiving medication (“Drug aid program benefits mentally ill prisoners”, 2009). The drug aid program has helped tremendously with return offenders. This program has brought down the number since 2006. In 2006, before the program was established, 56 percent of the offenders that were sent to correctional facilities ended up violating new or old laws that were previously violated. In return they returned back to prison. In the first year of this program being set up, only 3 percent of 61