Mental Health

This unit oversees the delivery of mental health services to ensure a continuum of care and a comprehensive service system that includes acute inpatient, long-term residential, step-down, and outpatient treatment. Licensed Mental Health Staff are located in every geographical region of the State to: treat the seriously mentally ill, respond to mental health crises, and provide routine as well as follow-up counseling services to the incarcerated individuals. These clinicians work together with the contracted psychiatric services from the comprehensive health care contract to ensure that the mental health needs of the incarcerated individuals are met in the most clinically appropriate manner.