The equivalence strategy calls for prison mental health services to operate in-line with the range of community-based mental healthcare available beyond the prison setting. (Abbing, Henriette Roscam). All correctional facility administrators are required by law to give medical treatment to prisoners in their facilities; however, prisons are likewise being required to address mental health consideration. The quantity of prisoners with mental health issues has significantly expanded (30% to 70% in many correctional facilities), which mirrors the increment of those mentally incapacitated in the overall public (Tally …show more content…
Information as such, urges our fellow law abiding citizens to question the values of our government leaders? Think about it, corrections services cannot be cut but health care programs for the general public have been cut more than once. Why is it that the health of prisoners seems more important to the state than the health of other U.S. residents? Not to mention that under U.S. law, prisoners have the right to food, clothing, shelter, and so on, none of which applies to free persons. Inmates should be charged at least a fee for their medical cost. As law-abiding citizens, it is often a slap in the face when you’ve realized that all your hard earned money (taxes) went to the health insurance of a convict; it’s essentially unfair. A suggestion would be to charge inmates a fee for health care services. The cost of medical care is an increasingly heavy burden on the financial resources of the facility, state, or county. The cost needs to be controlled legally without affecting needed care. Inmates who can spend money on a candy bar or a bottle of shampoo should be able to pay for medical care with the same funding. It is only a matter of priority and