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AS A WELL-KNOWN EXPERT CONSULTANT FOR ALL MATTERS RELATED TO CORRECTIONS, YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ASSIST PRISON OFFICIALS IN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS TARGETING INMATES PRESENTING WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF IDENTIFIABLE DISORDERS. THE CORRECTIONAL STAFF HAS OPENLY ADMITTED THE DIFFICULTY THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED IDENTIFYING INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT PROPERLY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THEIR INMATES. RELYING ON YOUR EXPERTISE IN BOTH THE AREAS OF CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS, AS WELL AS YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TREATMENT AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AVAILABLE PRISON INMATES, YOU HAVE AGREED TO ASSIST THE STAFF WITH THIS PROBLEM.

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YOU ARE THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANT KNOWN FOR YOUR EXPERTISE IN CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS COMMON PRISON INMATES. IN THIS CAPACITY, YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DECIDE BASED ON THE SYMPTOMS AND YOUR DIAGNOSIS, THE TYPE OF INTERVENTION PROGRAM THAT IS LIKELY TO HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE INMATE’S WELL BEING. IN YOUR RESPONSE, MAKE SURE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND THE MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER, IF ONE EXISTS, USING INFORMATION FROM YOUR TEXT AS WELL AS INFORMATION FROM CREDITABLE INTERNET SOURCES. OF SPECIAL INTEREST IS YOUR ABILITY TO RECOMMEND A SPECIFIC PROGRAM TO ASSIST THIS INMATE IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO COMPLETE A REENTRY PROGRAM. SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR PROGRAMS CURRENTLY IN USE AT STATE AND FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND APPLY YOUR FINDINGS TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CASES. REMEMBER TO EXAMINE THE EVALUATION LITERATURE REGARDING THE PROGRAMS YOU SELECT.

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INMATE #1

THIS INMATE IS A 25-YEAR-OLD FEMALE CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN THE KILLING OF HER INTIMATE PARTNER, ALSO FEMALE.

THE FACTS ARE:

A HISTORY OF SERIOUS ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR BEGINNING DURING CHILDHOOD

DIFFICULTY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

A HISTORY OF PROMISCUITY

A SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEM SINCE AGE 12

FOSTER CARE REPORTS SHE WAS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE AND NONCOMPLIANT IN THE HOME, PROBLEMS WHICH PERSISTED WHEN ENTERING SCHOOL

SHE HAD FEW FRIENDS AND IS THOUGHT TO HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY

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THIS INMATE IS A 45-YEAR-OLD MALE, CAREER CRIMINAL CONVICTED OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER AND SEXUAL ASSAULT; CHARGES STEMMING FROM AN ATTACK OF A YOUNG FEMALE CO-WORKER.

THE FACTS ARE:

A HISTORY OF “HOT-BLOODED” AGGRESSIVE ACTS

DISPLAYED TEMPER TANTRUMS AS A CHILD THAT HAVE CONTINUED INTO ADULTHOOD

EXHIBITS VENGEFUL HOSTILITY TOWARDS OTHER INMATES AND STAFF

ON A LIMITED BASIS, EXHIBITS A LACK OF EMOTIONAL CONTROL WHEN ANGERED

WAS ABUSED AS A CHILD

PARENTS WERE DESCRIBED AS COLD AND HARSH

INMATE #3

THIS INMATE IS A 65-YEAR-OLD MALE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF HIS BUSINESS PARTNER; AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED NEARLY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. HE HAS BEEN A MODEL PRISONER THROUGHOUT HIS STAY; BUT HAS RECENTLY SHOWN SIGNS OF AGGRESSION TOWARD OTHER INMATES AND STAFF.

THE FACTS ARE:

HE IS POSSESSIVE OF PERSONAL ITEMS AND CONTROLLING IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

HE APPEARS TO BE UNREASONABLY JEALOUS OF OTHER INMATES AND TREATS HIS CELL MATE LIKE PROPERTY

EXHIBITS BEHAVIORS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH CONJUGAL PARANOIA

HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF INADEQUATE, INCOMPETENT, AND FROM TESTING IT HAS BEEN LEARNED HE SUFFERS WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM

HE HAD AN ALCOHOL ABUSE PROBLEM BEFORE COMING TO PRISON AND CONTINUES TO PRESENT SYMPTOMS OF SUBSTANCE USE

HE HAS POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS

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