Deinstitutionalization

You have been named as a citizen-advocate member of the state’s Mental Health Council. One of the council’s projects is a report on the effects of deinstitutionalization on the state’s criminal justice system. In its opening section, it wants to look at this issue generally. You have been asked to research and report on this subject.

In a memorandum of approximately 2,400 words, discuss the impact of deinstitutionalization over the past 35 years years on criminal justice. What are the advantages and disadvantages? How should mental-health issues be addressed in the correctional system? Be sure to consider administration segregation, the right to treatment and the right to refuse treatment.

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