what is the The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation policy on mental health care?
do you guys know were i can read about their policy on mental health, what it says exactly. and why is their policy not working?
Their "policy" is to provide excellent care to the tens of thousands of inmates that require mental health care.
The reality is quite different.
Governor Ronald Reagan shut down the State hospitals that had cared for the insane and put them all on the streets. Of course, most ended up in CDC and remain there.
CDCR is now under the stranglehold of the guards union that bleeds off all of the available cash. Budget cuts mean less money for everything, and prisons are at the bottom of the list anyway, so as you can imagine CDC inmates receive no care beyond baseline medications.
Think of the worst place in the world and multiply it by 10, then imagine how these guys are when they get shoved out the door.
Pretty crummy. That’s why were under federal mandates to take care of that problem.
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A very large percentage of their prison population is mentally ill and in need of care that they are not getting
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In 10 words or less?
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Their "policy" is to provide excellent care to the tens of thousands of inmates that require mental health care.
The reality is quite different.
Governor Ronald Reagan shut down the State hospitals that had cared for the insane and put them all on the streets. Of course, most ended up in CDC and remain there.
CDCR is now under the stranglehold of the guards union that bleeds off all of the available cash. Budget cuts mean less money for everything, and prisons are at the bottom of the list anyway, so as you can imagine CDC inmates receive no care beyond baseline medications.
Think of the worst place in the world and multiply it by 10, then imagine how these guys are when they get shoved out the door.
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Represented pro-bono inmates
You can go to the CDCr website and look up the Title 15(their rules and regulations handbook).
Also http://www.prisontalk.com is a great place to find answers.
But in all honesty, CA just fails when it come to the prison system and it not getting better any time soon. Most inmates with mental health issues are keep in a segregated area and are on lock down 23 hours, they do get meds but thats about it. The best thing I ever learned from them is not to expect anything, expecting them to care or follow the guidelines is foolishness.
The main reason why it doesn’t work is overcrowding and a strapped budget. But that is why it’s in a federal recievership.
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Been dealing with the CDCr for too many years.