PROMPT 1:

1. Review the history of state asylums and prisons, including defining the problem of the mentally ill in correctional settings.

2. evaluate the importance of accurate assessment of mental illness, the available diagnostic tools, problems with certain therapies, and utilizing personnel with limited mental health training.

PROMPT 2:

1. examine a case study or case studies and the issues relative to reentry into society, taking note to include evaluation of the community-based treatment programs for mentally ill and drug- and alcohol-dependent offenders.

2. Use specific programs in your evaluation and discuss the pros and cons of the programs. Discuss what did or did not work and why.

*Include in-text citations and references