October 29, 2004 |
2004-R-0850 | |
INMATE POPULATION MENTAL HEALTH SCORES | ||
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By: Christopher Reinhart, Senior Attorney | ||
You asked for a breakdown of the prison population by mental health scores.
The Department of Correction classifies inmates for security and treatment needs. The table below shows the mental health classifications for inmates and their percentage of the total prison population on October 1 of each of the last three years and October 10 of 2001.
Table 1: Mental Health Scores for Inmates
and Percentage of the Total Prison Population
Date |
No Mental Health History or Current Need |
% |
Minimal or Intermittent Impairment |
% |
Moderate Impairment: Controlled with Medication |
% |
Moderate Impairment: Precludes Normal Functioning |
% |
Severe Impairment |
% |
October 10, 2001 |
10,450 |
57. 4 |
4,985 |
27. 4 |
2,226 |
12. 2 |
363 |
2. 0 |
47 |
. 3 |
October 1, 2002 |
11,563 |
59. 6 |
4,822 |
24. 9 |
2,479 |
12. 8 |
377 |
1. 9 |
65 |
. 3 |
October 1, 2003 |
11,601 |
60. 2 |
4,761 |
24. 7 |
2,398 |
12. 4 |
349 |
1. 8 |
64 |
. 3 |
October 1, 2004 |
10,869 |
57. 7 |
4,740 |
25. 1 |
2,622 |
13. 9 |
481 |
2. 6 |
58 |
. 3 |
*A small number of inmates (between 78 and 128) were not yet assigned a category on each of the dates above.