I'm working on a college syllabus and need to obtain a list of
books/texts resourses on the subject of "special needs" inmates in
prisons & jails. A "special needs inmate" is an inmate who has one or
more of the following problems:elderly,medical illness i.e.HIV/AIDES,
mental health problems,mental retardation,physical disability-ADA
needs,sex offenders,drug & alcohol problems.It could  also be listed
as "special management inmates"I primely need a textbook reference.
Thanks

Hi beaker4572,

I have been able to find a lot of material in this regard.

There are several agencies that specialize on the general topic of
healthcare in correctional systems. The National Commission on
Correctional Healthcare was formed as an offshoot of the publication
of an
article in the 70s lamenting the state of healthcare conditions in
prisons
and facilities available to prisoners with special needs. The
organization
brings out a large number of publications that may be of relevance.

Links:

http://www.ncchc.org/pubs_catalog.html
http://www.ncchc.org/
http://www.ncchc.org/pubs.html

In addition, the NCCHC also brings out the Journal of Correctional
Health
Care which presents peer-reviewed articles focusing on this subject.
Unfortunately, the journal is not freely accessible and needs to be
ordered from the website.

The American Correctional Association was formed in 1870 and claims to
be
the oldest and largest correctional association in the world. The
association brings out a number of books and articles on the subject
of
mental health conditions prevalent amongst prisons around the world,
as
well as on the more general topic of healthcare services in
correctional
institutions. A bibliography of a few books that they publish along
with a
brief summary of what they convey is posted below: (All publications
are
brought out by the ACA whose link is posted further down)

1. Russell R. Blair, "Caring Behind the Walls"
This is a textbook on the topic of correctional nursing and discusses
related aspects

2. Kenneth L. Faiver, "Health Care Management Issues in Corrections"
Discusses amongst other topics, trends and organizational issues
related
to aging and handicapped prison populations and special mental health
issues.

3. Lisa M. Boesky, "Juvenile Offenders with Mental Health Disorders:
Who
Are They? and What Do We Want with Them?"

4. "Psychiatric Services In Jails and Prisons"
A book in two parts, the first covering principles of dispatch of
psychiatric services in prisons and the second on guidelines of such
services.

5. Robert M. Wettstein, "Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders"

A more complete catalog is available at:
http://www.aca.org/publications/catalog_healthcaremanagement.pdf

The website for the ACA is at:

http://www.aca.org

AIDS
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brings out a number of
publications on the issue of prison conditions as part of the ACLU
National Prison Project Publication. Complete information about the
publications are available at

http://www.aclu.org/Prisons/Prisons.cfm?ID=11334&c=26

Of particular interest is the text titled "1998 AIDS in Prison
Bibliography" which, to quote from the site, "catalogues resource
materials on AIDS in prison... It references corrections’ policies on
AIDS, educational materials, medical and legal articles, and recent
AIDS studies. It also provides a listing of "prisoner friendly" AIDS
organizations." The bibliography is available for $10 prepaid.

I was also able to get hold of a bibliography as part of the 1998
Annual Report of the Florida Corrections Commission. The bibliography
deals specifically with the subject of AIDS in prisons.

The bibliography is available at:

http://www.fcc.state.fl.us/fcc/reports/final98/biblio.html

The bibliography contains references to books, articles, reports as
well as Internet resources. A few publications are mentioned below:

Behrendt, Carolyn, David Vlahov, John Paul Court, and Newton Kendig.
“HIV Infection and AIDS Among U.S. Prison Inmates.” Journal of Crime
and Justice 15 (1992): 173-181

Belbot, Barbara A. and Rolando V. Del Carmen. “AIDS in Prison: Legal
Issues.”  Crime and Delinquency 37 (January 1991): 135-153.

Haas, Kenneth C. “Constitutional Challenges to the Compulsory HIV
Testing of Prisoners and The Mandatory Segregation of HIV-Positive
Prisoners.” The Prison Journal 73 (September/December 1993): 391-422.

Jurgens, Ralf. “Developments in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice:
Sentenced to Prison, Sentenced to Death? HIV and AIDS in Prisons.”
Rutgers University School of Law, Criminal Law Forum (1994).

Kelley, Patrick W., M.D., M.P.H.; Robert R. Redfield, M.D.; David L.
Ward, M.D., M.P.H.; Donald S. Burke, M.D.; and Richard N. Miller,
M.D., M.P.H. “Prevalence and Incidence of HTLV-III Infection in a
Prison.” Journal of the American Medical Association 256 (October
24-31, 1986): 2198-2199.

Koehler, Richard J. “HIV Infection, TB, and the Health Crisis in
Corrections.” Public Administration Review 54 (January/February 1994):
31-35.

While this may not be a textbook reference, the HIV & Hepatitis
Education Prison Project (HEPP) Report is targeted at correctional
administrators and HIV/AIDS and hepatitis care providers including
physicians, nurses, outreach workers, and case managers. The forum
brings out monthly articles which are archived at:

http://www.hivcorrections.org/archives.html

The website for the HEPP Report is at:

http://www.hivcorrections.org/

Cautionary note: Some of the articles are quite technical and, I
suppose, are relevant to medical workers in the field. A few general
articles are cited below with links:

Anne S. DeGroot et al. "Women in Prison: The Impact of HIV"
http://www.hivcorrections.org/archives/june99/june59.PDF

Anne S. De Groot, M.D. "Public Health/Correctional Partnerships at the
Millenium"
http://www.hivcorrections.org/archives/jan00/january.pdf

Matthew R. Golden, M.D., "Sexually Transmitted Disease in People
Infected with HIV"
http://www.hivcorrections.org/archives/dec00/dec00hiv101.pdf

Anne S. De Groot, M.D.*, Brown Medical School, Editor, HEPP News
David Thomas, J.D., M.D**, Florida DOC, "Preparing for Bioterrorist
Threats in Corrections"
http://www.hivcorrections.org/archives/feb02/feb2002.pdf

I am not sure if you would also be interested in a legal angle to this
issue, but the Department of Justice website carries a listing of all
court settlements in regard to providing better health care (including
mental) to correctional institutions. Here's the link:

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/split/findsettle.htm#Settlements

I hope this is of use to you.

Regards.

Search strategies:

Google keywords:

"special needs prisoners"
"prison conditions" (Google group: alt.prison)
"conditions for physically challenged inmates"
"health care correctional institutions"
"AIDS inmates"

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Request for Answer Clarification by beaker4572-ga on 23 Nov 2002 12:04 PST

I have had a difficult time finding any textbooks that address the
issue of special needs inmates-that was my "key" intrest in the
question, and the issue of mental health illneses and elderly issues
as well. Find any text references on this topic? i.e. publishers who
have such texts?

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Clarification of Answer by raa-ga on 23 Nov 2002 15:02 PST

Hi beaker4572,

I am afraid I am not quite clear about what you said. In the question
you mentioned that you needed a bibliography of sorts that focused on
inmates with special needs. If you could tell me in what way my answer
didn't meet your requirements, it will give me a better idea of what
exactly you seek. That way, I can come up with references better
suited to your needs.

Thanks.

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Request for Answer Clarification by beaker4572-ga on 23 Nov 2002 16:17 PST

I was not asking for a bib(while some of it is helpful) but asked for
books or textbooks related to special needs inmates.I then defined
what I ment by special needs.I don't know how much clearer I can
be.ARE THERE ANY TEXTBOOKS -SUBJECT " SPECIAL NEEDS INMATES/PRISONERS"
or "MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS INMATES"? Thanks beaker4572

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Clarification of Answer by raa-ga on 23 Nov 2002 19:21 PST

Hi beaker4572,

Thank you for your clarification. This time, I have searched
particularly for textbooks and course material and here's what I have
come up with.

San Houston State University has a course titled "Special Offenders
and Special Needs Offenders". The webpage of the course is at:

http://www.shsu.edu/~icc_rjh/364f00.htm

This course has a reading list of articles that you will find on the
webpage.

I searched extensively for specific textbooks discussing this issue.
Most courses on correction in criminal justice recommend and follow
the textbooks mentioned below (which you probably might have seen
earlier)

H.E. Allen and C.E. Simonsen. "Corrections in America: An
Introduction"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=0130877263

In particular Chapter 18 in the said book talks of Special Category
offenders which was regularly cited in almost all course descriptions
as reference.

Norman A. Carlson, Karen M. Hess, and Christine M.H. Orthmann.
"Corrections: In the 21st Century"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=0534534961

In particular Chapter 10. is exclusively on Special Needs Offenders

Victor Hassine, Thomas J. Bernard, Richard McCleary, Richard A.
Wright, and John
Irwin. "Life without Parole: Living in Prison"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=1891487132

Kenneth E. Kerle,
"American Jails: Looking to the Future"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750698462/centerforrationa/002-1216660-7941668

In particular, Chapter 2 focuses on Suicide and the Mentally Ill,
while Chapter 9 focuses on "Jails: The Medical Approach"

Below are some other textbooks that I found as part of bibliographies
from courses similar in setup to what you describe.

Belinda Rodgers McCarthy, and Robert Langworthy.
"Older Offenders : Perspectives in Criminology and Criminal Justice"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=0275927342

Patricia Van Voorhis, Michael Braswell, and David Lester.
"Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=1583605053

A blurb from Barnes and Nobles:

"A collection of essays for those new to the field and for experienced
practitioners. Essays are in sections on the philosophical and
professional framework for correctional counseling, offender
assessment and diagnosis, foundations for correctional counseling and
treatment, group and family approaches, and treating difficult
populations such as sex offenders and substance abusers. Includes key
concepts and terms, and discussion questions."
 
In particular, Chapter 5 gives an Overview of Offender Classification
Systems

Peter C. Kratcoski (Editor)
"Correctional Counseling and Treatment"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=1577660870

A blurb from B&N:

"This easy-to-read collection provides valuable coverage of a wide
variety of topics and helps both experienced and inexperienced
correctional workers increase their knowledge of counseling. Twenty
new selections offer current research on such topics as anger
management, juvenile offenders, mediation, and the characteristics and
unique problems of people involved in corrections. The counseling
techniques discussed in this comprehensive volume can be used in
community or institutional programs, with juvenile or adult offenders,
or adapted for members of the noncriminal population."

This and the table of contents listed on B&N give me the impression
that this is
the book that might match your requirements closest.

Now, to add to my bibliography and a few other references:

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a large
virtual
repository of recent journal articles on criminal justice and prison
conditions.
In particular, their resources on Corrections are quite extensive and
are worth taking a peek at:
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/Corrections.asp

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Clarification of Answer by raa-ga on 23 Nov 2002 19:30 PST

Hi beaker4572,

Thank you for your clarification. This time, I have searched
particularly for textbooks and course material and here's what I have
come up with.

San Houston State University has a course titled "Special Offenders
and Special Needs Offenders". The webpage of the course is at:

http://www.shsu.edu/~icc_rjh/364f00.htm

This course has a reading list of articles that you will find on the
webpage.

I searched extensively for specific textbooks discussing this issue.
Most courses on correction in criminal justice recommend and follow
the textbooks mentioned below (which you probably might have seen
earlier)

H.E. Allen and C.E. Simonsen. "Corrections in America: An
Introduction"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=0130877263

In particular Chapter 18 in the said book talks of Special Category
offenders which was regularly cited in almost all course descriptions
as reference.

Norman A. Carlson, Karen M. Hess, and Christine M.H. Orthmann.
"Corrections: In the 21st Century"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=0534534961

In particular Chapter 10. is exclusively on Special Needs Offenders

Victor Hassine, Thomas J. Bernard, Richard McCleary, Richard A.
Wright, and John
Irwin. "Life without Parole: Living in Prison"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=1891487132

Kenneth E. Kerle,
"American Jails: Looking to the Future"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750698462/centerforrationa/002-1216660-7941668

In particular, Chapter 2 focuses on Suicide and the Mentally Ill,
while Chapter 9 focuses on "Jails: The Medical Approach"

Below are some other textbooks that I found as part of bibliographies
from courses similar in setup to what you describe.

Belinda Rodgers McCarthy, and Robert Langworthy.
"Older Offenders : Perspectives in Criminology and Criminal Justice"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=0275927342

Patricia Van Voorhis, Michael Braswell, and David Lester.
"Correctional Counseling and Rehabilitation"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=1583605053

A blurb from Barnes and Nobles:

"A collection of essays for those new to the field and for experienced
practitioners. Essays are in sections on the philosophical and
professional framework for correctional counseling, offender
assessment and diagnosis, foundations for correctional counseling and
treatment, group and family approaches, and treating difficult
populations such as sex offenders and substance abusers. Includes key
concepts and terms, and discussion questions."
 
In particular, Chapter 5 gives an Overview of Offender Classification
Systems

Peter C. Kratcoski (Editor)
"Correctional Counseling and Treatment"
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?userid=550RAXM8ZB&isbn=1577660870

A blurb from B&N:

"This easy-to-read collection provides valuable coverage of a wide
variety of topics and helps both experienced and inexperienced
correctional workers increase their knowledge of counseling. Twenty
new selections offer current research on such topics as anger
management, juvenile offenders, mediation, and the characteristics and
unique problems of people involved in corrections. The counseling
techniques discussed in this comprehensive volume can be used in
community or institutional programs, with juvenile or adult offenders,
or adapted for members of the noncriminal population."

This and the table of contents listed on B&N give me the impression
that this is
the book that might match your requirements closest.

Now, to add to my bibliography and a few other references:

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a large
virtual
repository of recent journal articles on criminal justice and prison
conditions.
In particular, their resources on Corrections are quite extensive and
are worth taking a peek at:

http://virlib.ncjrs.org/Corrections.asp

Here's a list of other similar course descriptions that may be of
interest.

CJ 2231 Survey of Corrections
http://spectrum.troyst.edu/~tsufl/murphyg/cj2231-murphy.htm

The Columbus State Community College has a listing of a course on
special
category offenders, LAWE 128. Unfortunately I couldn't find any more
information
about the course. Here's a description though:
"This course will focus on six subject areas; treatment of sex
offenders, mentally disordered offenders, mentally retarded offenders,
inmates with Aids, inmates with disabilities and the substance abuse
offender. Further attention will be directed to correctional
personnel, impact of political influences, perceptions, training,
problems and corrective actions."

An extended bibliography and course description is also available as
part of
Lourdes College's course on "Corrections Counseling and
Rehabilitation"
http://www.lourdes.edu/Outline/Sociology/soc305.htm

Two other extensive bibliographies are available at:

http://www.lcsc.edu/SocialSciences/Syllabi/JS202.pdf
(Bibliography from the course: "Corrections in America")

http://199.117.52.250/pubs/1992/010937.pdf
(Bibliography from "An Administrative Overview of the Older Inmate")

I hope this clarification is of use to you.

Regards.

Thanks- the final response was more like what I was interested in.
Thank you for your efforts.Beaker4572

Hi beaker4572,

Thanks for your comments. I'm sorry my original answer didn't quite
fit the bill. Happy to be of help.

Regards.