M8D2: Jack Hanson Goes to Prison
38906M8D2: Jack Hanson Goes to Prison
This activity addresses module outcome 2. Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
• MO2: Thoughtfully discuss the adverse impact of correctional settings on youth and adults with mental health problems. (CO3)
In the case study discussed at the beginning of this module, you learned that Jack Hanson was sentenced to serve 15 years in a state prison.
Before beginning this activity:
Read the following:
• Cohen, A. (2012, June 20). Supermax: The Constitution and mentally ill prisoners. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/06/supermax-the-constitution-and-mentally-ill-prisoners/258587/
• James, D. J., & Glaze, L. E. (2006 September). Mental health problems of prison and jail inmates (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. [PDF file size 290 KB] Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved from http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mhppji.pdf
View the following:
• Global Network for Equality. (2013, July 23). Fault Lines Mental Illness in America’s Prisons (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. [Video file][22 min 17 sec]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-VsnFolwZA
• Grzanich, S. (2013, September 30). Jails are the “new insane asylums” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. [Video file][3 min 56 sec] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdcPGt8QxZo
• Easter Seals Michigan. (2007, July 26). Mental health and the prison system (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. [Video file][6 min 36 sec]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJlZgupcjec&feature=related
• Frontline. (n.d.). The new asylums (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/view/
Respond to the following:
• As Jack enters the state prison, what are the greatest challenges he will experience? What might be the short-term and long-term adverse impacts of these challenges?
• In what ways might Jack experience short-term and long-term benefits from his incarceration in the state prison?
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