Abstract
The state of North Carolina increasingly faces criticism for the rising population of mentally ill prisoners. Parallel to these criticisms are a growing number of reports on the state’s diminishing public mental healthcare options. National organizations such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) have identified North Carolina specifically in reports regarding what the groups consider to be state mental healthcare crises. This paper discusses several aspects of public mental healthcare in North Carolina as regards the availability and accessibility of such care. In addition, this paper examines trends in prison mental healthcare and the mental health of North Carolina state inmates. In the study of these factors, this paper attempts to discern any existing relationship between mentally ill inmates and public mental healthcare access in North Carolina.
How to Cite
Hoffman, S., (2015) “An Examination into the Relationship Between Mental Healthcare Access & Mentally Ill Inmates in North Carolina”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 28(1).
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