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Title:

Mental health issues experienced by jail inmates in Texas: An overview of diagnostic problems

Subject and Keywords:

inmates’ mental health   problems diagnostic   problems correctional facilities in Texas

Abstract:

The main purpose of the article is to show selected aspects of prisoners’ mental health in the United States using the example of the state of Texas. The article indicates the nature and scope of needs in the area of inmates’ mental health in various correctional units and shows some aspects of the diagnosis problems. The authors analyze the reasons for the transfer of responsibility for mental health of prisoners sentenced to the administration of correctional facilities, especially jails. The article also shows the needs of the Prison Administration regarding convicts’ mental health training and classification systems for prisoners in Texas.

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Date issued:

2019

Date copyrighted:

2019

Identifier:

ISSN 2084-5065   ISSN 0239-6661

DOI:

10.19195/2084-5065.53.10

Language:

pol   eng

Relation:

Nowa Kodyfikacja Prawa Karnego, ISSN 2084-5065, t. 53, 2019, s. 169-182

Is version of:

Czasopisma Naukowe w Sieci

Rights holder:

Copyright by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Sp. z o.o.

Autor opisu:

WR U/PAdbg