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Policy Brief - CalHPS
Policy Brief How Many Incarcerated Individuals Received Psychotropic Medication in California Jails: 2012 2017 By Konrad Franco, David Panush, and David Maxwell Jolly January 2018 Executive Summary ThispolicybriefusesdatafromtheBoardofSta teandCommunityCorrections(BSCC) toestimatethenumberofjailinmateswhorecei vepsychotropicmedicationandassess therelativerepresentationofthisgroupamon gthejailpopulation. Toprovideameasure oftheprevalenceofmentalillnessinjail,wer evieweddatafrom45countiesthat the receipt of psychotropic medications as an indicator of serious mental illness. The following are the main findings of the study: Thenumberofincarceratedindividualsonpsyc hotropicmedicationsis increasing. Theannualaveragenumberofincarceratedindi vidualsreceiving psychotropicmedicationinoursampleof45cou ntiesincreasedbyabout25% between March 2012 and February 2017.
Discussion The data from county jails shows an increase in the percentage of incarcerated individuals receiving psychotropic medications during recent years.
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