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| Pennsylvania prison system develops separate housing for mentally ill inmates |
| By post-gazette.com- Rich Lord |
| Published: 01/06/2015 |
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Inmates with serious mental illnesses will no longer be locked in cells all day, under new policies outlined Monday by state prison officials. The change, which follows scathing criticism of the Department of Corrections’ handling of mentally ill inmates, is meant to address one of the toughest tasks in prison management: tailoring discipline to an inmate’s diagnosis. In 2013, the state’s confinement of 800 to 1,000 mentally ill inmates in Restricted Housing Units — 23 hours per day in small, one-bed cells — was blasted by the U.S. Department of Justice and by advocates for the disabled. Read More. |
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