Mental Health
What is Mental Health
The emotional, psychological, and social well-being of a person
substance abuse can be used as what mechanism
Coping Mechanism
The percentage of people in County Jail that have mental health challenges
64%
What do Youth in the system suffer from
Trauma
Estimated that more than how many people with serious mental illnesses are arrested and booked into jails and prisons each year
2 Million
How many people who were prescribed psychiatric medication before incarceration reported they did not receive their medications once behind bars
50%
The percentage of people in State Prison that have mental health challenges
54%
What do people call misunderstood youth behavior
"acting out"
On average how many days do people have to wait in order to access mental health or substance use services after being incarcerated
48 days
How many American aged 12 and older battled a substance use disorder in 2024
48.4 million
The percentage of people in Federal Prison that have mental health challenges
45%
3 factors of the school to prison pipeline
ISS, Expulsion, Juvie
The failed policies of deinstitutionalization, which began in the 1960s with a law commonly referred to as the Community Mental Health Centers Act required what?
The law required individuals with mental health conditions receive treatment within their communities in minimally restrictive settings
What are 2 major historical drivers of today’s crisis, shifting responsibility for behavioral‑health care from hospitals to police, courts, and correctional facilities.
Deinstitutionalization & the War on Drugs
How many states have more people with mental health conditions in prison/jail than in the largest remaining state mental health hospital
44
how many youths leaving care experience mental health challenge
two thirds