EVALUATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC CARE PROGRAM AT THE NEBRASKA PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX

• NCJ Number: 41313
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 20 pages
• Corporate Author: Nebraska Dept of Correctional Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AFTER TAKING A LOOK AT THIS PSYCHIATRIC CARE PROGRAM, THIS REPORT MAKES A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON IT.

Abstract

THE NEBRASKA PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO MEET THE EXPANDING PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER PROBLEM WITHIN THE STATE'S PRISONER POPULATION. THE PROGRAM, HOWEVER, IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR REFUNDING. A REVISED PSYCHIATRIC CARE PROGRAM CAPABLE OF MEETING THE PSYCHIATRIC NEEDS OF THE POPULATION AT NPPC IS RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS PREDICATED UPON THE NEED FOR PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT BY INMATES OF NPPC, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES' AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS' ASSESSMENTS OF THAT NEED, AS WELL AS EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR THOSE NEEDS; AND, IS CONDITIONAL UPON AN ACCEPTABLE PLAN FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A VIABLE PSYCHIATRIC CARE PROGRAM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)....BDS