CORRECTIONS IN COLORADO C ALEIGH C ASSIDY EDUCATE OR INCARCERATE? C - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CORRECTIONS IN COLORADO C ALEIGH C ASSIDY

EDUCATE OR INCARCERATE? C OLORADO RANKS • 40 TH IN PER PUPIL SPENDING • 42 ND IN POVERTY GAP • 4- YEAR GRADUATION RATE : 78.9% • 68% OF STATE PRISON INMATES • DID NOT RECEIVE HS DIPLOMA

SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE 1 IN 10 MALE HS DROPOUTS WAS • INSTITUTIONALIZED ON A GIVEN DAY IN 2006 VS . 1 IN 33 HS GRADUATES HS DROPOUTS 3.5 X MORE LIKELY TO BE • INCARCERATED THAN HS GRADUATES M ALE HS DROPOUTS 47 X MORE LIKELY • TO BE INCARCERATED THAN SIMILARLY AGED PEERS WHO HELD 4 YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE D ROPOUTS 4 X MORE LIKELY AS PEERS • WITH BACHELOR ' S OR HIGHER DEGREE TO BE LIVING IN FAMILY WITH INCOME BELOW 125% FPL

WHO IS IMPACTED? 1 IN 3 INCARCERATED YOUTH NEEDS • SPECIAL EDUCATION B LACK STUDENTS 3 X MORE LIKELY TO BE SUSPENDED • OR EXPELLED THAN WHITE STUDENTS M AJORITY OF INCARCERATED YOUTH WERE • SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL 70% OF STUDENTS ARRESTED IN SCHOOL / REFERRED • TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE BLACK OR L ATINO 1 IN 7 KIDS IN C OLORADO LIVES BELOW THE • POVERTY LINE

ISSUES H IGH STAKES TESTING • I NCREASED PRESENCE OF " SCHOOL RESOURCE • OFFICERS ” O VERRELIANCE ON PRACTICES OF CRIMINAL • JUSTICE SYSTEM ( EX . A RREST ) L ACK OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE , MENTAL HEALTH • PROFESSIONALS M ANDATORY SUSPENSIONS / EXPULSIONS FOR • NONVIOLENT INFRACTIONS B ROKEN WINDOWS THEORY OF POLICING •

RACE AND INCARCERATION

INCARCERATED PARENTS 1 IN 10 A FRICAN A MERICAN STUDENTS HAS AN • INCARCERATED PARENT M ORE THAN ¾ OF PEOPLE IN PRISON IN • C OLORADO HAVE CHILDREN 1 IN 4 A FRICAN A MERICAN STUDENTS HAS A • PARENT WHO IS OR HAS BEEN INCARCERATED M ORE LIKELY TO : • D ROP OUT OF SCHOOL • D EVELOP LEARNING DISABILITIES • M ISBEHAVE IN SCHOOL • S UFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES • E XPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS • S UFFER FROM PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES • S EE A DECLINE IN GPA • B E INCARCERATED • E ND UP IN FOSTER CARE •

MENTAL HEALTH P EOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS 10 X MORE LIKELY TO BE IN JAIL OR PRISON THAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL • A FRICAN A MERICANS 20% MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS • A LSO MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE AND BECOME HOMELESS • 74% OF C OLORADO ' S INMATES HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE NEEDS • http://www.greenburgercenter.or g/facts

SUBSTANCE USE • KINDLING EFFECT P EOPLE WITH MENTAL DISORDER MORE LIKELY • TO EXPERIENCE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) 45% OF A MERICANS SEEKING SUD • TREATMENT ALSO HAVE MENTAL DISORDER H IGHER RATES OF RELAPSE , HOSPITALIZATION , • VIOLENCE , INCARCERATION , HOMELESSNESS R EMAIN IN JAIL AND PRISON LONGER • E XPOSURE TO CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND • ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS ENHANCES VULNERABILITY

DOES PRISON WORK? M ANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR DRUG • OFFENSES HAVE FEW DETERRENT EFFECTS L ITTLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LENGTH OF PRISON • TERM AND RECIDIVISM RATE N O STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP • BETWEEN DRUG OFFENDER IMPRISONMENT RATES , RATES OF ILLICIT USE , OVERDOSE , AND ARREST S TREET DEALERS EASILY REPLACED • I N 2014 C OLORADO RANKED 1 ST IN ADULT ILLICIT • DRUG USE ( EXCLUDING MARIJUANA )

TREATMENT I NTEGRATED TREATMENT • M EDICATION - ASSISTED TREATMENT • C OGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY • M OTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT • C ASE MANAGEMENT • T HERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES • F AMILY INTERVENTIONS • S KILLS TRAINING •

CARES (COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE, REFERRALS, AND EDUCATION SERVICES) B EGAN IN 2012 • • ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND HEALTHCARE EDUCATION FOR 911/ ED SUPER - UTILIZERS 76% OF SUPER - UTILIZERS HAVE MENTAL HEALTH • CONCERNS G OAL : 40% DECREASE IN 911 UTILIZATION • H AS DECREASED AVG . N UMBER OF CALLS MADE • BY EACH SUPER - UTILIZER BY 69%

PROCEDURE A FTER REFERRAL TEAM SCHEDULES MEETING OR • DOES IN - HOME VISIT A SSESS HOME ENVIRONMENT AND PATIENT • NEEDS P ARTNERS WITH M EMORIAL , P ENROSE HOSPITAL , • RCCO (M EDICAID R EGIONAL C ARE C OLLABORATIVE O RGANIZATION ) REMAIN IN PROGRAM FOR 90 DAYS • H ELP PATIENT FIND PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER , • HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION

COLORADO SPRINGS COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM B EGAN IN 2014 • T EAM INCLUDES POLICE OFFICER , FIRE • DEPARTMENT EMT, AND A SPEN P OINTE CLINICIAN R ESPOND TO 911 CALLS THAT INVOLVE • MENTAL ILLNESS D IVERTED 91% OF 911 CALLS RELATED • TO MENTAL HEALTH FROM ED FY16 RESPONDED TO 1944 CALLS • C AN MEDICALLY CLEAR PATIENTS IN THE • FIELD ( BLOOD DRAW , TOXICOLOGY ) C OST $600,000 ANNUALLY , GRANT • FUNDED BY K AISER PERMANENTE

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