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Olley, Maureen, Tonia Nicholls, and Johann Brink. “Mentally Ill Individuals in Limbo:
Obstacles and Opportunities for Providing Psychiatric Services to Corrections Inmates with Mental Illness.” Behavioral Sciences and the Law 27 (2009) : 811-831. www.interscience.wiley.com. This article presents two major factors associated with the challenge of providing the mentally ill incarcerated with the proper health care needed: wait times and delivery of care. The authors of this article present the ways in which one prison system has successfully collaborated with mental health care providers to reduce the wait times associated with admitting mentally ill inmates into treatment facilities. The authors then present a plan that seems to ease the way in which care is delivered to the mentally ill incarcerated, decreasing the prevalence …show more content…

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The authors of this article argue for an increased awareness in both the general and medical community of the number of people suffering from a mental illness. The authors argue that more research needs to be conducted in order to find a solution to the rising number of mentally ill incarcerated and present a couple of ideas that could aid in the approach to better mental health care in the prison systems: training of corrections staff and prevention programs.
Adams, Kenneth, Joseph Ferrandino. “Managing Mentally Ill Inmates in Prisons.” Criminal
Justice and Behavior (2008) Vol. 35 : 913-927.
The authors of this article examine some of the issues that arise when attempting to provide proper health care to the mentally ill in prison. They speak in detail about therapeutic options, role definitions for everyone involved in treatment, and a way to individualize treatment.
Lamb, H. Richard, Linda E. Weinberger. “Meeting the Needs of Those Persons With Serious
Mental Illness Who Are Most Likely to Become Criminalized.” American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law (2011) :

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