Comments on: Growing Need for Adequate Inmate Therapy http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-need-for-adequate-inmate-therapy/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Catherine http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-need-for-adequate-inmate-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-22223 Catherine Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:38:47 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4427#comment-22223 Deb I still think that it is a better effort to give inmates care when they are incarcerated than to depend on them to seek it for themselves once they are released because you and I both know that will probably not happen and then they will become repeat offenders all over again. Deb I still think that it is a better effort to give inmates care when they are incarcerated than to depend on them to seek it for themselves once they are released because you and I both know that will probably not happen and then they will become repeat offenders all over again.

]]> By: Deb http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-need-for-adequate-inmate-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-21919 Deb Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:48 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4427#comment-21919 But what about the people who have lived on the right side of the law? It feels sometimes like these are the people who are being ignored while crooks in jail get all of the opportunities we do not get. They get to take college classes, watch cable tv, and now they get superior health care. I am not saying they should be denied access to care but give me a break! I want my degree too- maybe I should go to jail and I could get it for free.Oh wait- not free for the average tax payer, because that comes at our expense doesn't it? But what about the people who have lived on the right side of the law? It feels sometimes like these are the people who are being ignored while crooks in jail get all of the opportunities we do not get. They get to take college classes, watch cable tv, and now they get superior health care. I am not saying they should be denied access to care but give me a break! I want my degree too- maybe I should go to jail and I could get it for free.Oh wait- not free for the average tax payer, because that comes at our expense doesn’t it?

]]> By: Marcus http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-need-for-adequate-inmate-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-21878 Marcus Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:23:28 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4427#comment-21878 Prison inmates are the most ignored and most misunderstood lot of our society and any cut-backs in government funding hits them first and the hardest. This is just not the way to treat people...people just like us, people who have a heart and soul...just like us. Inmates are no cruel people, they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time with really bad things happening to them and affecting them to take bad decisions. We need to make sure inmates, just like each one of us, receives proper mental health-care and is taken care of to the best extent possible. Prison inmates are the most ignored and most misunderstood lot of our society and any cut-backs in government funding hits them first and the hardest. This is just not the way to treat people…people just like us, people who have a heart and soul…just like us.

Inmates are no cruel people, they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time with really bad things happening to them and affecting them to take bad decisions. We need to make sure inmates, just like each one of us, receives proper mental health-care and is taken care of to the best extent possible.

]]> By: Catherine http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-need-for-adequate-inmate-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-21860 Catherine Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:23:14 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4427#comment-21860 When I first graduated from college I went to work at a halfway house for federal inmates. A lot of these men and women were great people who just happened to make some poor decisions in their life, much of which stemmed from not only mental health issues but also their backgrounds which not only contributed to many of these same mental health issues but also to their decisions and why they were in the situations that they were in. I think that it is unfair to deny them access to the care that they need to get better and to hopefully come out of the entire process as more productive citizens. Unfortunately when they are denied this kind of care the recidivism rates tend to go on the rise and that is something that none of us can afford to accept. Give them a chance to improve their lives and we will all be better for that when they are released. When I first graduated from college I went to work at a halfway house for federal inmates. A lot of these men and women were great people who just happened to make some poor decisions in their life, much of which stemmed from not only mental health issues but also their backgrounds which not only contributed to many of these same mental health issues but also to their decisions and why they were in the situations that they were in. I think that it is unfair to deny them access to the care that they need to get better and to hopefully come out of the entire process as more productive citizens. Unfortunately when they are denied this kind of care the recidivism rates tend to go on the rise and that is something that none of us can afford to accept. Give them a chance to improve their lives and we will all be better for that when they are released.

]]> By: Nathaniel http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-need-for-adequate-inmate-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-21854 Nathaniel Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:15:03 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4427#comment-21854 Jonie that's all very well. Inmates should get proper care I agree but if it came down to a choice, I would want law abiding citizens to benefit from any increased resources in mental health funding first. When you make the choices that land you in prison, you pay the price. Jonie that’s all very well. Inmates should get proper care I agree but if it came down to a choice, I would want law abiding citizens to benefit from any increased resources in mental health funding first. When you make the choices that land you in prison, you pay the price.

]]> By: Jonie http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-need-for-adequate-inmate-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-21851 Jonie Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:07:59 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4427#comment-21851 I have come across a lot of people who have this negative prejudice against inmates... they think people who are in jail are all bad, are evil and deserve no kind of treatment and are actually a burden on the 'normal' populace, and I hate people for having such 'dirty' prejudices... Even inmates are human, they deserve proper treatment, affection and love just as much as each one of us does... But it is very sad and unfortunate that inmates' mental health-care is taking a beating due to recession... All we can hope for is that this situation ends soon and everybody's life is back on track and on course to a better future :) I have come across a lot of people who have this negative prejudice against inmates… they think people who are in jail are all bad, are evil and deserve no kind of treatment and are actually a burden on the ‘normal’ populace, and I hate people for having such ‘dirty’ prejudices… Even inmates are human, they deserve proper treatment, affection and love just as much as each one of us does…

But it is very sad and unfortunate that inmates’ mental health-care is taking a beating due to recession… All we can hope for is that this situation ends soon and everybody’s life is back on track and on course to a better future :)

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