Mental Illness of Incarcerated Population

About the Book

This book is about the need for social reform programs along with the Department of Corrections to gain more appropriate and more satisfying treatments for affected individuals. Studies have shown that more inmates, upon release from incarceration, have little to no resources that help with assistance of mental health treatment, employment, housing, and education. Redirecting and modifying upon release would help the inmate not only with what’s out in the community to face but also in helping to ease the tension of it. Programs and access to mental health resources—medication, continuous counsel, skill-building, and everyday living skills—prove to make a major positive impact on one’s transition. Active mental health treatment deemed by the inmate’s release team should proactively be a team consensus for the inmate on a long-term basis to redirect the thoughts of recidivism. With all involved, a power of guidance would leave one feeling as though they have a strong sense of support. I believe that by implementing these measures at the beginning of juvenile delinquency, the problems we face in America would result to a lesser number of incarcerations. It is a problem that starts in the adolescent years, not in adulthood. Proper and early treatment of mental illness, diagnosis, and treatments would make a world of difference in the lives of such population. Proper and more guided involvement would lessen thoughts of crime.

About the Author

My name is Ruby D. Sisk, I am from Waterloo, Iowa. As a child I attended the University of Northern Iowa school also known as NUHS or as some would put it Price Laboratory school in Cedar Falls I attended there from first grade to ninth grade. I attended West High School in Waterloo, Iowa for High school graduating in 1983. I attended Hamilton University and received an AAS in Criminal Justice I received that in 2005. I attended Upper Iowa University and received a B.S. in Human Services with a minor in Psychology graduating in 2000. Finally I received a M.A. from the University of Northern Iowa In Cedar Falls In 2010. My interest has always been a curiosity of human behavior mainly wondering why we operate the way we do. Growing up being the fourth of five children it has always fascinated me about the difference we each bring to the dynamic. I enjoy my family immensely and the love I have for them is what encouraged me to write my book. I hope you enjoy it.