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Re-Entry Collaboration for Mental Health Providers: Enhancing Offender Release Programs

This guide outlines the crucial role mental health providers play in supporting individuals transitioning from incarceration to community re-entry. Statistics from the Department of Justice highlight the prevalence of mental illness among the incarcerated population. Recidivism factors post-release, such as lack of support systems and basic needs, are discussed. The text emphasizes the role of service providers in fostering collaboration and communication within the criminal justice system to address these challenges effectively. Access to Recovery (ATR) services and collaboration partners, including correctional facilities, law enforcement, and non-profit organizations, are also explored. Practical advice for service providers, including proactive communication with probation/parole officers and advocating for client needs, is provided.

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Re-Entry Collaboration for Mental Health Providers: Enhancing Offender Release Programs

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  1. OFFENDER RE-ENTRY: COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION The Mental Health Providers Role

  2. OFFENDER RELEASE PROGRAMS • Department of Corrections Re-Entry Facilities • Duvall/Work Release Facilities • Community Corrections • Probation • Parole • Direct Release

  3. STATISTICSDepartment of Justice • Over 2 million people incarcerated in jails or prisons • 16% suffer from a mental illness • 7 – 16% suffer from a serious mental illness • ¾ of this population also meet criteria for substance abuse/dependence • Most likely to have been homeless pre-arrest • Since 1982 federal, state & local corrections spending has increased 400%

  4. RECIDIVISM PROBLEMS • Do not know where to go to get help • Lack of support system • Lack of basic needs & transportation • No money for treatment or medications • Homeless • Fail to maintain MH treatment • Gap in treatment • Increased risk of decompensating & reoffending • Perception of mentally ill individuals who offend

  5. SERVICE PROVIDERS ROLECollaboration & Communication For your recently released client: • Know their probation/parole officer • Know their case manager • Keep open lines of communication • Seek out other types of providers for coordination of care • Be proactive – if you see decompensation contact officer or case manager

  6. SERVICE PROVIDERS ROLE • Get to know other providers (non-profits, etc) • Know the services within the criminal justice system • Partner & collaborate with various types of providers to offer wrap-around services • Partner & collaborate with criminal justice providers • Advocate for your client and their needs

  7. ACCESS TO RECOVERY • What is ATR? • Who is eligible? • How does ATR work • What services are covered under ATR? • How do you become a provider?

  8. COLLABORATION PARTNERS • County Jails • Community Corrections • Department of Corrections • Local Police Departments • Non-Profit Organization • Probation/Parole • ICJI/Related Agencies and/or Task Forces • Criminal Courts • Mental Health Courts • Bureau of Developmental Disabilities/FSSA Agencies • Public Defender Agency • Prosecutors Office • Local Missions • Health Departments

  9. QUESTIONS? • Christina Trexler, Mitigation/Sentencing Consultant • ctrexler@manifestix.com • 317-489-8508 • Rhiannon Williams, PACE/OAR, Executive Director • rwilliams@pace-oar.org • 317-997-7945

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