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Adults With Behavioral Health Needs Under Correctional Supervision—A Shared Framework for Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Recovery:  A Review of the Council of State Governments Justice Center White Paper (2012)


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 14, Number 05, January/February 2013 , pp.69-70(2)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

An assessment of the white paper finds much of value, but the paper also demonstrates a surprising ignorance of the law governing treatment in correctional settings and makes statements about the law on point that are incomplete and incorrect.

Keywords: Council of State Governments Justice Center, Estelle v. Gamble (429 U. S. 97, 104–105[1976]), Coleman v. Schwarzenegger NO. CIV S-90-0520 LKK JFM P [ND Cal 2009], Ruiz v. Estelle, 503 F. Supp. 1265, 1339

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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