Kentucky Adult Corrections: Inmates with Mental Health Issues and the Facilities
Kentucky Adult Corrections: Inmates with Mental Health Issues and the Facilities
The mission of the Kentucky Department of Corrections is twofold:
To protect citizens of the Commonwealth and to provide a safe, secure and humane environment for staff and offenders in carrying out mandates of the legislative and judicial process; and
To provide opportunities for offenders to acquire skills which facilitate non-criminal behavior?
The Kentucky Inmate Population Profile:
*Median age 33 years
*Median sentence 9 years
*93% male, 7% …
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…Kenny, Career Counselor at Prestonsburg Community College, Prestonsburg, KY. Interviewed 4-10-00 on campus. Correctional background in Texas as educator for 3 years. Phone: 606-886-3863
12.More Than A Quarter Million Prison and Jail Inmates Are Identified As Mentally Ill. Bureau of Justice Statistics # 202/307/-0784, July 11, 1999, written by Paula M. Ditton, BJS Statistician, The special report Mental Health and Treatment of Inmates and Probationers NCJ 174463 Phone 301-519-5550 Internet site, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
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