Mentally Ill individuals have been dramatically increasing inside the Corrections System of the United States and have become a great problem for all prison institutions. According to a piece of writing written by Roy Walmsley titled “[The] World Prison Population List” states that the United States holds approximately 2,239,751 prisoners in penal institutions including pre-trial detainees as of late 2011 (3). That’s almost 22% of people incarcerated world-wide, which is roughly 10.2 million inmates (Walmsley 1). The problem on hand is mentally ill inmates residing in Corrections throughout the United States, but this paper will focus on the impact it has done in the state of California. Corrections including jails, state prisons, juvenile-detention
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That was the entry to Anasseril’s article about the care of the mentally ill in prisons. According to the National Institute of Corrections approximately 705,000 mentally ill adults were incarcerated in state prisons, 79,000 in federal prisons, and 480,000 in county jails in the year of 2006 (1). Using the data provided by both Walmsley and the National Institute of Corrections, it is clear that half the inmates incarcerated in the United States suffer of some kind of mental illness. According to Daniel, the most common mental illnesses found in prison are post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), suicidal behaviors, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), personality disorders, mental retardation, and other developmental disorders (1). All of which can provide danger to society or to themselves. Approximately 70 percent of these mentally ill inmates have “primary or comorbid substance abuse disorders” (Daniel 1) which means that they either have a primary addiction to drugs or the addition of another disorder. According to Daniel, he estimates about 50% reenter Federal and State Prisons within a three-year timeframe after …show more content…
According to an article done by the San Diego Veterans for Peace, the total federal budget spending for Fiscal Year 2013 was to distribute the three greatest fractions to 18% on military, 24% on Medicare & Health, and 34% on Social Security, Unemployment & Labor (1). But if we analyze the realistic discretionary spending budget for the same fiscal year, the military discretionary budget severely rises to 57% of the total budget, while health is only 5% (San Diego Veterans for Peace 1). Military spending must be decreased in order to shift money to our prison rehabilitation sector. It has been proven by the Political Economy Research Institute that $1 billion spent on military will create significantly more jobs that would the same $1 billion spent on military (San Diego Veterans for Peace 1). This means that the largest defense contractors benefitting from federal contracts do not have anything to scare society with. Society has been intimidated by these large companies that if the military budget decreases jobs will be lost; but in fact, more jobs will rise (proven by the Political Economy Research institute as previously mentioned). The money shifted from the military sector can be allocated into the improvement and implementation of rehabilitation
That was the entry to Anasseril’s article about the care of the mentally ill in prisons. According to the National Institute of Corrections approximately 705,000 mentally ill adults were incarcerated in state prisons, 79,000 in federal prisons, and 480,000 in county jails in the year of 2006 (1). Using the data provided by both Walmsley and the National Institute of Corrections, it is clear that half the inmates incarcerated in the United States suffer of some kind of mental illness. According to Daniel, the most common mental illnesses found in prison are post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), suicidal behaviors, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), personality disorders, mental retardation, and other developmental disorders (1). All of which can provide danger to society or to themselves. Approximately 70 percent of these mentally ill inmates have “primary or comorbid substance abuse disorders” (Daniel 1) which means that they either have a primary addiction to drugs or the addition of another disorder. According to Daniel, he estimates about 50% reenter Federal and State Prisons within a three-year timeframe after …show more content…
According to an article done by the San Diego Veterans for Peace, the total federal budget spending for Fiscal Year 2013 was to distribute the three greatest fractions to 18% on military, 24% on Medicare & Health, and 34% on Social Security, Unemployment & Labor (1). But if we analyze the realistic discretionary spending budget for the same fiscal year, the military discretionary budget severely rises to 57% of the total budget, while health is only 5% (San Diego Veterans for Peace 1). Military spending must be decreased in order to shift money to our prison rehabilitation sector. It has been proven by the Political Economy Research Institute that $1 billion spent on military will create significantly more jobs that would the same $1 billion spent on military (San Diego Veterans for Peace 1). This means that the largest defense contractors benefitting from federal contracts do not have anything to scare society with. Society has been intimidated by these large companies that if the military budget decreases jobs will be lost; but in fact, more jobs will rise (proven by the Political Economy Research institute as previously mentioned). The money shifted from the military sector can be allocated into the improvement and implementation of rehabilitation