Mental Illness
Is an impairment of the mental or emotional processes that exercise the conscious control of one's actions and it can interfere with a person's ability to perceive or understand reality.
Double Pts if you can name the F.S that defines it.
Mental Illness
S.394.455
A type of developmental disability, and its life long condition characterized by slow intellectual development.
Intellectual Disability
An inmate with a disability may use their assigned appliance to move what?
Contraband
Occurs when the court charges, sentences, adjudicates as delinquent, and commits a juvenile younger than 18 to the department of Juvenile justice.
Juvenile Adjudication
Females account for a small yet growing proportion of juveniles held in custody while minority youth account for what % of juveniles held for violent offense?
75%
According to S. 394.459 F.S, inmates with mental illness have the right to individual ____ and _____.
Dignity and Treatment
What is the difference between Mental illness and Intellectual disability.
Mental: The result of a biological disease or chemical imbalance.
Intel: Results in a childhood illness or injury
A long lasting medical condition in which medicine can control the symptoms but not cure the disease.
Double Pts:
Name 5 Common Chronic Diseases or Conditions
Chronic Disease
Bonus:
Arthritis
Asthma
Cancer
Diabetes
Heart Disease
High Blood Pressure
Stroke Recovery
An inmate who is not legally an adult, or adjudicated as an adult, that the court assigns to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Bonus Pts: Any offender younger than 24, who the court sentences as an adult who the Department of Corrections assigns youthful offender status.
Juvenile Inmate
Bonus: Youthful Offender
How can you be a positive role model for young inmates?
Demonstrating professional behavior, and consistently firm and fair.
When an inmate has a psychotic disorder, they may experience what?
Name all three.
Hallucinate
Delusions
Schizophrenia
People with intellectual disabilities may not be able to distinguish between _____ and ____ _______.
These spread through direct contact with an infected person or indirectly through such means as biting insect or drinking glasses.
Communicable Disease
This offender is not sentenced to prison for more than 6 years and is younger that 21.
Declared by the court
This sets the standards for state and local juvenile justice systems for incarcerating youth.
The Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
What are the three personality disorders?
Double Pts: Explain the difference when it comes to how two of the personalities deal with Risk Taking?
Antisocial, Narcissistic, Borderline
Bonus:
Antisocial takes unnecessary risks while Borderline takes Impulsive Risks
Inmates with intellectual disabilities may give the impression that they comprehend. What should you do?
Make sure the inmate understands.
What complaints from inmates should receive immediate attention and evaluation?
- Respiratory Distress
- Chest Pain
- New Onset of change in mental status
- Abnormal Function of specific body area such as the inability to speak
This offender is not qualified as a youthful offender, but housed at a youthful offender facility by virtue of their mental or physical vulnerability.
Declared by the Department of Corrections
What services and programs are Juvenile inmates or youthful offenders are required to participate?
Name 3
- Extended Day Program
- Vocational and Job Training
- Life and socialization skills training
- Pre-released orientation and planning
- Suitable transition services
What should you not do when communicating with an inmate?
Name 5
- Threaten
- Shout
- Criticize
- Bait an inmate into acting out wild threats
- Crowd an inmate
- Block the doorway
- Assume an inmate is not smart
- Lie
- Pass them to another officer
During a violent incident involving an intellectually disabled inmate, what non-lethal (Less-Lethal) weapons should you avoid using.
- Batons
- Chemical Agents
- EIDs ( Electronic Immobilization Devices)
- Specialty impact Munition
The use of chemical restraint agents and EIDs may aggravate the following.
Name 3 for Chemical and 3 for EIDs
Referring to the book for the answer
The offender is not a youthful offender, but housed at a youthful offender facility by virtue of their age at the time of the crime and the time of admission to prison.
Young Adult Offender
What are some tendencies Juveniles or Youthful offenders may have?
Name 5
Double Pts: Name 10
Refer to the book, too much to type