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is a condition that affects a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, or behavior and can be occasional or long-lasting (chronic).
mental illness
is a type of developmental disorder that is diagnosed in early childhood and continues throughout adulthood.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
a type of dementia, is a progressive brain disorder that causes the gradual deterioration of cognitive function and can negatively impact a person’s personality, behavior, and memory as well as their ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate, and carry out daily activities.
Alzheimer’s disease
are inmates who require special consideration when it comes to their protection, care, and rehabilitation
Special populations
provides people in need of substance abuse services access to emergency services and temporary protective custody on either a voluntary or involuntary basis.
Marchman Act
is the temporary removal of an inmate from the general population to provide for safety and security until a more permanent inmate management process is in place.
Administrative confinement
What are some of the societies that you may find in a correctional facility
• Racial societies are often hybrids of multiple racial groups and may not reflect a single race.
• Groups focused on religious practice may guide an inmate’s daily activities, such as praying five times a day, carrying a rosary, or fasting.
• Inmates with similar medical issues, such as diabetes, HIV, and cancer, often sympathize with their own social group, sharing medical experiences and hardships.
• Inmates from the same geographical region often group together. They use identifiers, such as the telephone area code, and name of the major city or county in which they lived.
• Some inmates from similar socioeconomic groups will cluster and sometimes control certain activities within the inmate population using money, contraband, and influence. Money generally determines the amount influence an inmate has, and with more money comes more power for the inmate within the correctional population.
provides for emergency services, temporary detention for evaluation, and voluntary or involuntary short-term community mental health inpatient treatment, if necessary.
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can be experienced differently for everyone, and symptoms may vary from person to person. Some symptoms of a manic episode may include the following:
• being easily distracted
• having intense rage or mood swings
• being overly talkative and talking at a very fast pace
• having excessive movements (pacing, fidgeting, or tapping fingers or toes)
mania
Regardless of _____ ____, it is important for every correctional officer to model appropriate behavior and respect every person.
personal beliefs
A ____ _____ may affect a person’s intellectual functioning and can make it harder for them to learn.
developmental disability
______ ____ are not a mental illness, but they can sometimes be mistaken as such.
Intellectual disabilities
A person does not have to have undergone _____ or ______ _____ in order to be transgender.
surgery, hormone therapy
____ _____ ____ is critical to the safety and security of a facility, and it discourages STG activity.
monitoring inmate behavior
Inmates with ______ may struggle to adjust to the correctional setting and have difficulty understanding rules and behavioral expectations.
ASD
Inmates who are elderly may also lose some ____ ____, which is the ability to think, learn, and remember.
cognitive ability
Remember to use ____ ______ at all times; for example, notice sudden changes in noise levels (inmates becoming suddenly quiet) or feelings of tension within a housing unit
situational awareness
If you suspect that an inmate might be coping with suicidal ideation, you should do the following:
• Talk to the inmate—ask them if they are having thoughts of harming themselves or taking their own lives. A good, direct question to ask would be “Are you thinking about killing yourself?” Even if the inmate says that they are not suicidal, do not assume that there is no risk of suicide.
• Remove potential threats—make sure that the inmate does not have access to any potentially lethal objects. For example, objects such as sheets that can be used for hanging.
• Increase supervision—inmates suspected of having suicidal ideation should be under increased observation by officers and other staff members. If an inmate has made a threat of suicide, do not let them out of your sight without increased supervision.
• Alert medical, mental health, and supervisory staff—immediately contact your facility’s mental health and medical staff as well as your supervisor. Make sure to communicate with any other responding staff or the staff on the next shift about the situation.
Juveniles in all correctional facilities, and youthful offenders at some correctional facilities, also qualify for nutritionally adequate meals that provides uniformity of food items and meets the requirements of the _____ _____ _____ _____.
National Child Nutrition Program
may include the following: • wearing hats cocked or tilted to the left or right • rolling up one pant leg • untying one shoe • wearing specific color combinations • wearing a specific accessory brand
STG symbols
PREA compliant practices for searching transgender or intersex inmates include searches that are conducted by the following:
• medical staff only • female staff only • based on inmate preference
Inmates in disciplinary confinement must have access to the following:
• essential health items (including prescribed medications)
• legal resources
• legal mail or grievance forms (whether sending or receiving them)
• religious materials
• meals that meet nutritional standards
• admission to a facility • being isolated in confinement • facing additional charges • generalized shame and guilt • previous suicide attempts • perceived stigma of incarceration
Are what?
factors that increase the risk of suicide
It is not disciplinary in nature; inmates are not under punishment nor in confinement.
Protective management
_____ ____ ___ is critical to the safety and security of a facility, and it discourages STG activity.
monitoring inmate behavior