Voices of NEXUS

Mental Health and the Justice System: Inside and Outside Incarceration

NEXUS Season 1 Episode 3

An educator in correctional facilities and a mental health advocate discuss why people with serious mental illnesses are more likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized. They emphasize the need for better information exchange between mental health professionals and the justice system, including improved mental health training for judges.

Guests: Susan Lockwood Roberts, EdD, Past President of the Correctional Education Association; and Christopher Seeley, MSW, Program Director of School and Justice Initiatives, American Psychiatric Association Foundation