Running Head: OUTLINE 1 OUTLINE4 Introduction Background The essay will be on the institutionalisation of offenders whom a large number of them are mentally disabled individuals and how they are being exposed to various conditions that are detrimental to their state of health. It is common knowledge that most individuals who end up in correctional facilities have some form of mental handicap which often predisposes them to a deviant behaviour that ends up landing them in correctional facilities. Most correctional facilities are often crowded, and thus, the provision of basic human services and rights is often a challenge. When it comes to individuals who are mentally handicapped, the problems and challenges they face are extrapolated as they are unable to receive the specialised care that they require for their medical and mental conditions (MHA, 2015). The introduction will feature a summary of the issue at hand, which is the treatment of the mentally disabled in correctional facilities and in so doing, highlight the relevant issues that are pertinent to the persuasive essay. Thesis Statement The thesis statement at the end of the introductory paragraph will state that there is a need to have a change in policy, implementation and procedures of correctional facilities to accommodate for safe practices that will ensure that individuals with mental handicaps access the care they need to have a better life. Body Treatment of Mentally Handicapped Within Correctional FacilitiesResearch into the Issue · Mental Health America has conducted a study to determine the effects of the poor state of affairs with regards to the mental health of individuals incarcerated in various institutions across the United States of America (MHA, 2015). · As such, the organisation advocates for policy change in the correctional systems and legal systems where individuals with mental disorders should serve their sentences in facilities where they can access the care that their conditions warrant them to receive.Description of Issues · The United States of America does not have a policy which segregates the various classes of inmates with mental handicaps, which aggravates the various mental health states of the individuals who end up serving their sentences in facilities where they cannot get access to the requisite mental health care that they require to function optimally. · Mentally disabled inmates should have access to adequate care in specialised institutions to accelerate their healing and potentially reduce the number of repeat incarcerations of individuals with such handicaps (Lopez & Maiello-Reidy, 2017).Analysis of Strengths and Weaknesses of Mental Health Care Issues · There is a potential for the relevant authorities to provide adequate care to inmates with mental health challenges. · There will be a reduction in the number of repeat offenders as the ones with mental illnesses will receive the care th.

1. Running Head: OUTLINE 1
OUTLINE4
Introduction
Background
The essay will be on the institutionalisation of offenders whom
a large number of them are mentally disabled individuals and
how they are being exposed to various conditions that are
detrimental to their state of health. It is common knowledge that
most individuals who end up in correctional facilities have some
form of mental handicap which often predisposes them to a
deviant behaviour that ends up landing them in correctional
facilities. Most correctional facilities are often crowded, and
thus, the provision of basic human services and rights is often a
challenge. When it comes to individuals who are mentally
handicapped, the problems and challenges they face are
extrapolated as they are unable to receive the specialised care
that they require for their medical and mental conditions (MHA,
2015). The introduction will feature a summary of the issue at
hand, which is the treatment of the mentally disabled in
correctional facilities and in so doing, highlight the relevant
issues that are pertinent to the persuasive essay.
Thesis Statement
The thesis statement at the end of the introductory paragraph
will state that there is a need to have a change in policy,
implementation and procedures of correctional facilities to
accommodate for safe practices that will ensure that individuals
with mental handicaps access the care they need to have a better

2. life.
Body
Treatment of Mentally Handicapped Within Correctional
FacilitiesResearch into the Issue
· Mental Health America has conducted a study to determine the
effects of the poor state of affairs with regards to the mental
health of individuals incarcerated in various institutions across
the United States of America (MHA, 2015).
· As such, the organisation advocates for policy change in the
correctional systems and legal systems where individuals with
mental disorders should serve their sentences in facilities where
they can access the care that their conditions warrant them to
receive.Description of Issues
· The United States of America does not have a policy which
segregates the various classes of inmates with mental handicaps,
which aggravates the various mental health states of the
individuals who end up serving their sentences in facilities
where they cannot get access to the requisite mental health care
that they require to function optimally.
· Mentally disabled inmates should have access to adequate care
in specialised institutions to accelerate their healing and
potentially reduce the number of repeat incarcerations of
individuals with such handicaps (Lopez & Maiello-Reidy,
2017).Analysis of Strengths and Weaknesses of Mental Health
Care Issues
· There is a potential for the relevant authorities to provide
adequate care to inmates with mental health challenges.
· There will be a reduction in the number of repeat offenders as
the ones with mental illnesses will receive the care that they
require to enable them to function normally in the social
settings out of correctional facilities.
· Correctional facilities will not be as congested as they are
once institutions that provide specialised care to those with
mental handicaps will be set up (Schulenberg, 2015).
· Setting up a mental health facility that caters to inmates
requires a lot of capital

3. · There is inadequate research into the issues facing inmates
with mental health disorders, and thus, there is inadequate
information concerning the best practices for mental health care
in correctional facilities.Evaluation and Conclusion
Institutions of correction for inmates should ordinarily have
adequate care for all individuals serving their terms. However,
since this is not often the case, the individuals who suffer the
most are those with mental health illnesses as they end up not
receiving the much-needed care that they ought to. In this
regard, inmates with mental health illnesses in correctional
facilities end up suffering more as their conditions worsen due
to inadequate care. To this end, there is a need for more
research and a change in the correctional system to cater for
inmates with special needs as this will have an overall positive
outcome for all involved in the process.
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