| Unit.D.3.4.
Forensic Private Correctional/Psychiatric Services |
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"There are
1.875 million people in custody in the US prison system
(federal, state, and local institutions) and that number
is growing at a clip of about 5% a year. Over taxed US governments
are increasingly turning to the private sector to build
and run prisons" (National Post, Aug 14, 1999).
"Managed
care for mental health services, which began in the private,
commercial sector, has spread over the past few years to
the public mental health sector as well. Recently, states
have begun considering whether to include the forensic population
within their privatized managing care systems. This article
explores some of the complexities and special challenges
unique to forensic services and notes some of the problems
that might be incurred if the forensic population were included
in a managed care system" (Packer, 1998).
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Reference
National Post,
Aug 14, 1999.
| Packer,
I.K. (1998). Privatized managed care and |
forensic
mental health services. J Am. Acad Psychiatry
Law, 26 (1), 123-129.
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