Behavior Modification Treatment Level System

Overview

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State

Description

Prior to the implementation of the system on the Mental Health Unit, inmates housed in this area were locked down in their cells for twenty-three hours per day. Programming levels were not in place and the inmates were not receiving individualized mental health treatment. Prior to implementation, four-point restraint techniques occurred on a regular basis; since its implementation, these techniques have been used only in one incident. Additionally, inmates on the MHU used to be single-celled with limited inmate-to-inmate contact. Since the implementation of this system, the MHU inmate population has been sufficiently stabilized to allow for double bunking.