Question

Mental illness is not a rarity within the criminal justice system. Community corrections professionals do supervise mentally ill offenders. Explore the issue of mental illness and the challenges community corrections officers face in supervising mentally ill offenders. What are your thoughts on the various mental health treatments that are beneficial to those under supervision?

Answer 1

what is mental illness?

Mental illnesses are health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking or behavior (or a combination of these). Mental illnesses are associated with distress and/or problems functioning in social, work or family activities.

Explore the issue of mental illness and the challenges community corrections officers face in supervising mentally ill offenders

1. Violence of inmates - leads to rise the tension levels and often ends up using physical force.

2. Overcrowding of prisons - it poses a great threat to the officer both physical and mental . Usually the prisoners outnumber the force and often rsise threat of violence.

3.lack of funding

4.lack of hygiene

5.less advancement in technology

What are your thoughts on the various mental health treatments that are beneficial to those under supervision?

Treatments

-Psychiatric Hospitalization

-Inpatient or Residential Mental Health Treatment

-Outpatient Mental Health Treatment

Benefits

- correctional facilities

- chances of rehabilitation

- can practice vocational trainings

- learn self control and anger management