Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Prison Diary, July/Aug. 2002; pp. 34+.
"I'm a psychiatric social worker, the mediating ego in the clash between impulsive, self-destructive inmates and security's authoritarian measures. Many days I still can't believe I work here at the Corrections facility in Jamesville, just outside Syracuse, New York. But each morning, the glinting razor wire reminds me that I'm the mental health social worker here for nearly 350 inmates." (PSYCHOTHERAPY NETWORK) This article illustrates the experiences of a mental health social worker in the correctional system.
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Prisoners--Mental health services. Social work with criminals. Social workers.