Background Mental illness and substance abuse have been increasingly linked to criminal
justice system involvement, but this relationship has mostly been by survey of prison …

Purpose High rates of psychiatric disorders in correctional facilities have fueled widespread
concern about the “criminalization of mental illness.” While the link between incarceration …

Psychiatric disorders are unusually prevalent among current and former inmates, but it is not
known what this relationship reflects. A putative causal relationship is contaminated by …

Objective: A number of legal, social, and political factors over the past 40 years have led to
the current epidemic of psychiatric disorders in the US prison system. Although numerous …

Purpose Prisoners experience extremely high rates of psychiatric disturbance. However, ex-
prisoners have never previously been identified in representative population surveys to …

Objective: This study sought to investigate the rates and correlates of homelessness,
especially mental illness, among adult jail inmates. Methods: Data from a national survey of …

Objective: This study examined the risk of incarceration among cohorts of veterans treated in
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Connecticut Healthcare System. Incarceration rates …

Abundant research confirms a high prevalence of substance use and mental disorders in
correctional samples. It is unclear, however, how these contribute to the risk of repeat …

Background In spite of an elevated prevalence of trauma histories among prisoners, there
has been little research examining the relationship between incarceration and posttraumatic …

Incarceration of individuals with mental disorders is an important public health topic. While
incarceration appears to be associated with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders …