Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates

Press release: “More than half of all prison and jail inmates, including 56 percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 percent of local jail inmates, were found to have a mental health problem, according to a new study published today by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).”

  • Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates (NCJ-213600), by BJS statisticians Doris J. James and Lauren E. Glaze (12 pages, PDF) and related Spreadsheets (zip format)
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