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| Pa. may outsource all mental health services for inmates |
| By .newsworks.org - Maiken Scott |
| Published: 05/30/2013 |
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About 10,000 inmates in Pennsylvania state prisons require mental health services -- and those services may be completely privatized this summer. Mental health professionals say the move could improve the quality of care. The state Department of Corrections already contracts some mental health services to outside providers. Contracts with current providers are up in August, and new bids are coming in. During that process, the department may decide to farm nearly 200 positions now still filled with department of corrections employees. Reviewing costs and benefits of outsourcing While cost is an important consideration, several factors will guide the department's decisionm, said Sue Bensinger, a department spokeswoman. "Delivery of the service and effectiveness of the service that they are going to provide to the inmate population is paramount when you're looking at this scope of a contract," she said. She says no decision has been made yet. "We're looking at a few different ways to provide mental health services," she explained. "Would it be most beneficial to contract everything, or keep it business as usual, keeping it the way we're providing it now." Read More. |
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