![]() ![]() “The idea is that you focus on the highest risk population and tailor treatment services in ways that are amenable to them,” Comartin said. Of those who did not receive discharge planning services, 62% were in jail for more than four days, signifying a missed opportunity.Ĭomartin said there was a significant link between discharge planning and the likelihood of a person receiving care upon leaving the jail: 53% of those who received discharge planning engaged in post-release mental health treatment, compared with 39% who did not receive discharge planning.Ĭomartin added that when people move back into their communities, the services available to them should be targeted to their needs. She described a study in Michigan wherein the researchers found that only 37% of individuals who had serious mental illness and were reentering their communities from a jail had received discharge planning services. ![]() Yet whether a person is reentering the community from a prison or jail, “the goal of reentry is to return the individual to the community with no further offenses and with successful illness management and recovery,” Comartin said. Comartin differentiated between prisons, which include longer lengths of stay but are more amenable to planned reentry to the community, and jails, which have shorter lengths of stay that make reentry planning more difficult. She encouraged jail-based discharge planning wherein a health or mental health professional provides services such as setting appointments and making referrals, offers resource sheets, or holds individual or group meetings. Erin Comartin, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., an associate professor at the Wayne State University School of Social Work, discussed the importance of discharge planning for people who are exiting the criminal justice system and reentering their communities. ![]()
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