In this report, the Bureau of Justice Statistics expressed that offenders with psychiatric disorders have increased prospects to commit rule violations (such as verbal and physical abuse) more than their fellow offenders. It highlights key facts, including that according the American Psychiatric Association, 1 in 5 inmates in correctional institutions during 2007 had a psychiatric illness, with 5% of all affected inmates to be in a psychotic state any second. The journal also claims that offenders with mental illness stay incarcerated longer than mentally stable inmates and tend to violate laws upon release. The Council of State Governments acknowledged the issue and countered it by undertaking a national, biennial effort to develop propositions that local, state, and federal legislators as well as psychological state professionals may use to "improve the criminal justice response to individuals with mental illness."
