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DOC Training To Better Deal With Mental Illnesses

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS TRAINING STAFF TO BETTER DEAL WITH MENTALLY ILL INMATES.
 
ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT, ABOUT 27 PERCENT OF INMATES ARE ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CASELOAD…BUT MANY MORE JUST HAVEN’T BEEN DIAGNOSED. SO FAR THIS YEAR…13 THOUSAND CORRECTIONS STAFF HAVE GONE THROUGH A TWO DAY SESSION ON MENTAL ILLNESS, WHICH GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER SAYS WILL HELP GUARDS BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH PRISONERS AND RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS.
 
 
STAFF WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT CONDITIONS SUCH AS BI-POLAR DISORDER, THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS AND TIPS FOR BETTER COMMUNICATING WITH INMATES.
 
 
IT’S ESTIMATED NATIONALLY…THAT 78 PERCENT OF ATTACKS ON CORRECTIONS STAFF ARE COMMITTED BY INMATES WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

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