Table of Contents of Human Rights Watch Report

This is part of the table of contents of the 2003 Human Rights Watch Report entitled Ill-Equipped:
U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness

The table of contents is revealing in and of itself. Find the full report at http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/usa1003/

excerpt from TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INADEQUATE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IN PRISONS
Understaffing
Poor Screening and Tracking of Mentally Ill Prisoners
Lack of Timely Access to Mental Health Staff
Diagnoses of Malingering
Medication as the Sole Treatment
Lack of Confidentiality
Medication
Proper Medication
Delivery
Medication Discontinuity
Inadequate Monitoring of Medication Side Effects
Protecting Prisoners on Medication from Heat Reactions
Inadequate Efforts to Ensure Medication Compliance

INSUFFICIENT PROVISION OF SPECIALIZED FACILITIES FOR SERIOUSLY ILL PRISONERS
Crisis Care
Specialized Intermediate Care Units
Expansion of Specialized Care Facilities

CASE STUDY: ALABAMA, A SYSTEM IN CRISIS

V.K., New York

MENTALLY ILL PRISONERS AND SEGREGATION
Overview of Segregation
Mentally Ill in Segregation
Impact of Segregation on the Mentally Ill
Lost in Segregation
The Lack of Quality Mental Health Services for Segregated Prisoners.
From Segregation Units to Psychiatric Centers and Back
Keeping the Mentally Ill Out of Segregation

R.P., New York

L.J., New York

SUICIDE AND SELF-MUTILATION
Self-Mutilation
Suicide
Increased Risk of Self-harm and Suicide in Segregation Units
Suicide Protocols
Punitive Responses to Suicide Attempts

Felix Jorge, New York

FAILURE TO PROVIDE DISCHARGE SERVICES

Recidivism
Discharge Planning
Financial Assistance
States that Confer Eligibility on the Date of Release
States that Help Prisoners Fill Out Applications
States that Provide Minimal Help
Ex-offender Programs

LEGAL STANDARDS

International Protections
The Rights of Prisoners to be Free of Abuse
The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
The United States and International Human Rights Law
Constitutional Protections for Prisoners with Mental Illness
The Right to Mental Health Treatment
Constitutionally Required Components of Mental Health Services
Americans With Disabilities Act
Prison Litigation Reform Act