@article{ref1,
title="Differential incarceration by race-ethnicity and mental health service status in the Los Angeles County Jail System",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2020",
author="Appel, Oona and Stephens, Dustin and Shadravan, Sonya M. and Key, Justin and Ochoa, Kristen",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed race-ethnicity and arrest charge data from the Los Angeles (LA) County jail mental health (JMH) population to examine disparities by race and ethnicity. <br><br>METHODS: Data from the LA County Sheriff's Department for all persons in the JMH population on February 14, 2019 (N=5,134), and for the overall LA County jail population (N=16,975) were compared with chi-square tests (p≤0.05 for binary measures and Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons). <br><br>RESULTS: The JMH sample had a significantly larger proportion of black (41% versus 30%) and white (19% versus 15%) persons and a smaller proportion of Hispanic persons (35% versus 52%), compared with the overall jail population (p<0.001). A significantly smaller proportion of the JMH sample was charged with a felony (80% versus 91%, p<0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Resources should be invested in prioritizing jail diversion of black individuals with mental illness and addressing the incarceration of persons with mental disorders charged with misdemeanors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.201900429",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900429"
}