Community Profile
The window of opportunity for Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network to provide healthcare to individuals is usually brief, as only 30% of all receptions stay less than six months. In addition, inmates rarely spend their entire sentence within the same correctional centre, with many movements annually between correctional centres and court complexes.
Inmates generally have a poor health status characterised by general neglect, substance abuse and mental illness. Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network fulfils a valuable role in improving the health status of this group while also minimising the health consequences of incarceration on individuals, their families and the general community.
Justice Health Profile [pdf]