After the review of multiple public and scholarly resources relating to the improvement of mental health care provided to prisoners and detainees, it has been determined that prison and mental health administrators need to create a new policy that assists prisoners, detainees, their families, and the interprofessional team members that...

In recent years, there has been an increasing level of interest about the prevalence of mental health issues for prisoners in the system. Research has collected more data on the matter and has overwhelmingly linked mental health problems with the prison system in an almost inextricable manner. Many new prisoners...

I would like to address the disgraceful problem of the high incarceration rate in the United States; we lead world in number of people in prison per capita out of every industrialized nation. Furthermore, the correctional system in our country is clearly skewed by racial and ethnic bias. I am...

The seemingly monstrous acts of those who are put into an authoritative role and the oddly submissive reaction of those who find themselves in the contradicting inferior role have often been the subjects of psychological research. Prior to the establishment of the American Psychological Association's Code of Conduct, many of...

Introduction Perhaps one of the most concerning matters facing the female prison population today is the fact that many females in prison still do not have access to the healthcare necessary to ensure their overall health and well-being (Anderson, 2001; Fletcher, 2014; Kravitz, 2010). In order to address the matter,...