TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Differential incarceration by race-ethnicity and mental health service status in the Los Angeles County Jail System
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - Appel, Oona
A1  - Stephens, Dustin
A1  - Shadravan, Sonya M.
A1  - Key, Justin
A1  - Ochoa, Kristen
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900429
ID  - ref1
ER  -