Responding Effectively to Offenders with Mental Illnesses - Presenter: Anna McLafferty

Responding Effectively to Offenders with Mental Illness

Workshop Objectives:

• Learn about mental illnesses in the criminal justice system.

• Get an overview of some of the major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders and borderline personality disorder.

• Gain knowledge of de-escalation strategies you can use to work with people with behaviors that may be symptoms of mental illnesses.

• Discuss discharge planning and other ways to connect offenders to mental health services and other resources in the community.

Anna McLafferty (Criminal Justice Project Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness of Minnesota)

Anna leads NAMI Minnesota’s criminal justice work. NAMI Minnesota seeks to build collaboration between the mental health and criminal justice systems to prevent incarceration when appropriate, reduce recidivism and improve the lives of individuals living with mental illnesses and co-occurring disorders. Specific efforts include advocating for mental health courts, programs that divert people from the justice system into treatment, correctional officer training and jail discharge planning. Before coming to NAMI, Anna consulted for the California HealthCare Foundation and was health policy project manager for the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles. Anna received a Master of Public Policy from the UCLA School of Public Affairs, where she studied health care, local economic development and program evaluation.

Date: Friday, October 21, 2011

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 pm

Location: Minnesota Department of Corrections (Itasca Room)

1450 Energy Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55108

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