Mental healthcare practices from entry to release across Southeastern jails
Jails have a constitutional duty to provide adequate healthcare to individuals with mental illnesses, yet practices are insufficient and resources are limited across jails. Based on our findings, we recommend 1) greater adoption and revisions of jail health standards 2) system improvement that expands identification of mental illnesses and quicker, less variable follow-up mental health evaluations, 3) improved linkages and supports for community resources that prevent incarceration of this population.
Authors
- Andrea Murray-Lichtman
- Jessica Carda-Auten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2900-9194)
- Elena A. DiRosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1739-8866)
- Gary S. Cuddeback (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0119-5087)
- David L. Rosen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0493-8915)
- Tonya B. Van Deinse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2810-0807)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13507-w
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00