As of 1994, over a quarter million people with mental illness were incarcerate in the United States (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1999). Increasingly, mentally ill offenders, especially those who are minorities or of low socioeconomic status, receive their primary and in many cases only mental health care while incarcerated. In a related trend, a significant number of mentally ill prisoners Are being housed in a super- maximum custody conditions such as Intensive Management Units (IMUs). These units are the most restrictive form of confinement in the correctional system, where inmates are locked in solitary cells twenty- three hours daily.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
5F31NR007826-02
Application #
6626004
Study Section
National Institute of Nursing Research Initial Review Group (NRRC)
Program Officer
Mann Koepke, Kathy M
Project Start
2002-04-01
Project End
Budget Start
2003-04-01
Budget End
2003-08-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2003
Total Cost
$12,416
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Washington
Department
Other Health Professions
Type
Schools of Nursing
DUNS #
605799469
City
Seattle
State
WA
Country
United States
Zip Code
98195