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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

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CORRECTIONS IN COLORADO

CALEIGH CASSIDY

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EDUCATE OR INCARCERATE?

COLORADO RANKS
40TH IN PER PUPIL SPENDING
42ND IN POVERTY GAP
4-YEAR GRADUATION RATE: 78.9%
68% OF STATE PRISON INMATES

DID NOT RECEIVE HS DIPLOMA

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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 3.5X MORE LIKELY TO BE

INCARCERATED THAN HS GRADUATES

MALE HS DROPOUTS 47X MORE LIKELY

TO BE INCARCERATED THAN SIMILARLY AGED PEERS WHO HELD 4 YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE

DROPOUTS 4X MORE LIKELY AS PEERS

WITH BACHELOR'S OR HIGHER DEGREE TO BE LIVING IN FAMILY WITH INCOME BELOW 125% FPL

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WHO IS IMPACTED?

1 IN 3 INCARCERATED YOUTH NEEDS

SPECIAL EDUCATION

BLACK STUDENTS 3X MORE LIKELY TO BE SUSPENDED

OR EXPELLED THAN WHITE STUDENTS

MAJORITY OF INCARCERATED YOUTH WERE

SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL

70% OF STUDENTS ARRESTED IN SCHOOL/ REFERRED

TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE BLACK OR LATINO

1 IN 7 KIDS IN COLORADO LIVES BELOW THE

POVERTY LINE

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ISSUES

HIGH STAKES TESTING
INCREASED PRESENCE OF "SCHOOL RESOURCE

OFFICERS”

OVERRELIANCE ON PRACTICES OF CRIMINAL

JUSTICE SYSTEM (EX. ARREST)

LACK OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, MENTAL HEALTH

PROFESSIONALS

MANDATORY SUSPENSIONS/ EXPULSIONS FOR

NONVIOLENT INFRACTIONS

BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY OF POLICING

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RACE AND INCARCERATION

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INCARCERATED PARENTS

1 IN 10 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS HAS AN

INCARCERATED PARENT

MORE THAN ¾ OF PEOPLE IN PRISON IN

COLORADO HAVE CHILDREN

1 IN 4 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS HAS A

PARENT WHO IS OR HAS BEEN INCARCERATED

MORE LIKELY TO:
DROP OUT OF SCHOOL
DEVELOP LEARNING DISABILITIES
MISBEHAVE IN SCHOOL
SUFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
SUFFER FROM PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES
SEE A DECLINE IN GPA
BE INCARCERATED
END UP IN FOSTER CARE

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MENTAL HEALTH

PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS 10X MORE LIKELY TO BE IN JAIL OR PRISON THAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
AFRICAN AMERICANS 20% MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
ALSO MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE AND BECOME HOMELESS
74% OF COLORADO'S INMATES HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE NEEDS

http://www.greenburgercenter.or g/facts

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SUBSTANCE USE

KINDLING EFFECT
PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISORDER MORE LIKELY

TO EXPERIENCE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

(SUD)

45% OF AMERICANS SEEKING SUD

TREATMENT ALSO HAVE MENTAL DISORDER

HIGHER RATES OF RELAPSE, HOSPITALIZATION,

VIOLENCE, INCARCERATION, HOMELESSNESS

REMAIN IN JAIL AND PRISON LONGER
EXPOSURE TO CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS ENHANCES VULNERABILITY

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DOES PRISON WORK?

MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR DRUG

OFFENSES HAVE FEW DETERRENT EFFECTS

LITTLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LENGTH OF PRISON

TERM AND RECIDIVISM RATE

NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN DRUG OFFENDER IMPRISONMENT RATES, RATES OF ILLICIT USE, OVERDOSE, AND ARREST

STREET DEALERS EASILY REPLACED
IN 2014 COLORADO RANKED 1ST IN ADULT ILLICIT

DRUG USE (EXCLUDING MARIJUANA)

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TREATMENT

INTEGRATED TREATMENT
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT
CASE MANAGEMENT
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES
FAMILY INTERVENTIONS
SKILLS TRAINING

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CARES (COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE, REFERRALS, AND EDUCATION SERVICES)

BEGAN IN 2012
ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND HEALTHCARE

EDUCATION FOR 911/ ED SUPER-UTILIZERS

76% OF SUPER-UTILIZERS HAVE MENTAL HEALTH

CONCERNS

GOAL: 40% DECREASE IN 911 UTILIZATION
HAS DECREASED AVG. NUMBER OF CALLS MADE

BY EACH SUPER-UTILIZER BY 69%

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PROCEDURE

AFTER REFERRAL TEAM SCHEDULES MEETING OR

DOES IN-HOME VISIT

ASSESS HOME ENVIRONMENT AND PATIENT

NEEDS

PARTNERS WITH MEMORIAL, PENROSE HOSPITAL,

RCCO (MEDICAID REGIONAL CARE COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATION)

REMAIN IN PROGRAM FOR 90 DAYS
HELP PATIENT FIND PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER,

HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION

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COLORADO SPRINGS COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM

BEGAN IN 2014
TEAM INCLUDES POLICE OFFICER, FIRE

DEPARTMENT EMT, AND ASPEN POINTE CLINICIAN

RESPOND TO 911 CALLS THAT INVOLVE

MENTAL ILLNESS

DIVERTED 91% OF 911 CALLS RELATED

TO MENTAL HEALTH FROM ED

FY16 RESPONDED TO 1944 CALLS
CAN MEDICALLY CLEAR PATIENTS IN THE

FIELD (BLOOD DRAW, TOXICOLOGY)

COST $600,000 ANNUALLY, GRANT

FUNDED BY KAISER PERMANENTE

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