CORRECTION AND FORENSICS Kacy and Brynn

WHO? Forensics: Of or relating to courts of law Corrections: The action or process of correcting something Nationally 17% of inmates suffer from mental illness

FORENSIC PATIENTS Forensic patients are those who have been referred by the Courts for assessment or who have been declared as Not Criminally Responsible or Unfit to Stand Trial by the Criminal Justice System and admitted to a provincial forensic mental health system. Illinois Jail

CHARACTERISTICS Signs of serious psychiatric disturbance Come in conflict with the law May have committed relatively minor offenses Psychopath: usually normal in appearance but have emotional and behavioral dysfunctions; has clear perception of reality but feels no social or moral obligation to society. Sociopath: Displays asocial and antisocial behavior; is seldom confused with a normal person; often react out of shameless desires; often reclusive, and lack social skills.

GUEST SPEAKER: DR. RAMON ZABRISKIE PRISON CITY Typical community Home, job, community services Educational system, political system, etc… Healthcare system Hospital, medical, dental Mental health system (acute, residential, out-pt) Treatment programs for: Substance abuse, Sex-offenders, people with mental illness, etc...

FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES OF MENTAL ILL OFFENDERS 1. Not guilty by reason 2. Incompetent to stand trial 3. Mentally disorder sex offender 4. Mentally disorder inmate

COMMON DISORDERS Depression Schizophrenia Bipolar Alcohol or substance abuse Personality disorders Patterns of perceiving, reacting, and relating to other people and events that are relatively inflexible and that impair a person's ability to function socially Borderline Anti-social Narcissism How to you think each of these is worsened or made better in prison? How would these people commit crimes? Explain Bi-polar extreme mood swings Anti-Social -willing to take risks -don’t experience anxiety -Deceitful, aggressive, manipulative, irresponsible, impulsive, reckless. Lack of emotion ties to other people Borderline: Unstable relationships. I hate you don’t leave me. Self-mutilation Describe mood disorders

NEEDS The severity of the mental illness of those coming in is increasing. People are no longer going to state hospitals. The prisoners often have no idea how they ended up here.” -Dave Munson, lead psychologist at Washington State’s McNeil Island Correction Center I don’t know how [some of these women] were sentenced to prison. They have no understanding of why they are prison. I don’t know what purposes it serves. To some degree the services will be limited, because this is prison, not a state hospital. We’re having to adjust and make changes to accommodate mental health-and it’s difficult. –Gloria Henry, Warden of Valley State Prison for Women

TREATMENT (Shawshank Redemption) The focus is on the inmates with the more “severe” disorders Treatment is based on assessment, each patient has their own plan Focus on: Stress and anger management Reality orientation Treatment of psychosocial dysfunction Providing a sense of achievement and progress and channeling energies into acceptable forms of behavior Cognitive music exercise Relaxation Exercise Overcoming boredom (Shawshank Redemption)

TR IMPLICATIONS In a correctional setting the purpose of CTRS is to help inmates: Develop leisure skills Reduce criminal recidivism Assist in their transition to community living Develop new occupational, behavior, social and recreational skills Bring about a positive change that will ultimately lead to a better life Forever Strong

THE BENEFITS The clients have a lot of time Fastest growing career in the TR field Constantly growing population Good job security

REAL LIFE EXAMPLES