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Mental Health Treatment in State Prisons, 2000

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SUNDAY, July 15, 2001 202/307-0784

EIGHTY-NINE PERCENT OF STATE ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PRISONERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 30, 2000, 1,394 of the nation's 1,558 adult state correctional facilities provided some type of mental health services to their inmates, according to a new report from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...

Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 bjs.gov
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STUDY FINDS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL INMATES HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON - More than half of all prison and jail inmates, including 56 percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 percent...

BJS FY 09 NICS Estimates Verification and Validation

Closing Date
This program furthers the Department's mission by improving the records utilized by NICS by providing assistance to states to improve the completeness, automation, and transmittal of records to state and federal systems. Such records include criminal history records, records of felony convictions, warrants, records of protective orders, convictions for misdemeanors involving domestic violence and stalking, records of mental health adjudications, and others, which may disqualify...

BJS FY 09 NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) for States and State Court Systems

Closing Date
The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-180 ("the NICS Improvement Act"), was signed into law on January 8, 2008. The NICS Improvement Act amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 ("the Brady Act") (Pub. L. 103-159), under which the Attorney General established NICS. The Brady Act requires Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) to contact the NICS before transferring a firearm to...

2007 and 2008 Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country

Closing Date
The purpose of this award is to provide funding to administer the 2007 and 2008 Annual Surveys of Jails in Indian Country. The survey has two components: (1) the standard collection of information on inmate counts, movements, and facility operations and staff; and (2) an addendum to the survey on inmate health care and facility programs. Data are to be collected on medical assessments and...