Rebuilding Lives. Strengthening Communities.

Chapter 2: Health (cont.)
MAYORAL POLICY CAUCUS ON PRISONER REENTRY
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Dr. Carl Alaimo (Director and Chief Psychologist, Cermak Health Services’ Mental Health Division, Cook County Jail), interview with
Ben Lumpkin, August 3, 2005. See also Illinois Coalition for People with Disabilities, “A Report on Illinois’ Community System of
Services and Supports: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Issues and their Impact on People with Developmental Disabilities and
their Families,” April 24, 2001, 12.
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John Fallon (Coordinator of Demonstration Projects, Thresholds), interview with Ben Lumpkin, June 15, 2005.
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John Fallon (Coordinator of Demonstration Projects, Thresholds), interview with Ben Lumpkin, June 15, 2005.
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Dr. Dan Lustig (Associate Director of Clinical Services, Haymarket Center), interview with Ben Lumpkin, August 10, 2005 (For example,
of Haymarket’s substance-abusing clients, 68 percent suffer from acute mental distress, and 44 percent have been diagnosed with
acute traumatic distress).
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For example, the Thresholds Post Care Program can only serve approximately 40 people per year.
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Rydell, C. Peter and Susan S. Everingham, “Controlling Cocaine,” prepared for the Office of National Drug Control Policy and U.S.
Army (Santa Monica, CA: Drug Policy Research Center, RAND, 1994).
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Information available at http://www.thresholds.org/jailtables.asp. During a year in the Thresholds program, the 30 program participants
studied spent approximately 2,200 days less in jail than in the year preceding their participation, for savings of $70 per day plus
the expense of arrest and booking. They also spent about 1,800 fewer days in public psychiatric hospitals, for savings of $500 per day.
Meanwhile, Thresholds only costs around $26 per day. See also Criminal Justice/Mental Health Project coordinated by the Council of
State Governments website at http://consensusproject.org/projects/fiscal/fact_fiscal_implications (accessed on November 18, 2005).
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Lynch, James and William Sabol, “Did Getting Tough on Crime Pay” (Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, 1997) under
“Summary.”
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Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association, “Survey finds Illinois voters believe addiction is a public health issue,” news
release, March 3, 2003, http://www.iadda.org/survey.pdf (accessed August 18, 2005).
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Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc., “Changing Public Attitudes toward the Criminal Justice System: Summary of Findings,” The
Open Society Institute, February 2002, http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/articles_publications/publications/hartpoll_20020201/
Hart-Poll.pdf (accessed August 18, 2005), 11.
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Lieutenant Jeffry Murphy (Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator and Mental Health and Disabilities Liaison, Chicago Police
Department), interview with Julie Wilen, on October 24, 2005.
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“Crisis Intervention Team Program Report,” provided by Officer Rosemary Loaiza, Chicago Police Department, email correspondence
with Julie Wilen, November 10, 2005.
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“Pre-Booking Diversion: Law Enforcement Diversion Programs” (Washington, D.C.: Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health
Law, 2001), http://www.bazelon.org/issues/criminalization/factsheets/pdfs/pre-booking_diversion.pdf
(accessed November 16, 2005), 1.
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“Drug Treatment Programs Report: Impact of RAP on Subsequent Criminal Activity,” June 29, 2005, provided by Mark Kammerer
(Director of Treatment Programs, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office), email correspondence with Julie Wilen, November 10, 2005.
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Presentation by Chicago Police Department Crisis Intervention Team, Research and Development Division. Lieutenant Jeffry Murphy
(Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator and Mental Health and Disabilities Liaison, Chicago Police Department), email correspondence
with Julie Wilen, November 10, 2005.
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Albert J. Pizza, LCSW (Clinical Supervisor, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, Mental Health Court Program), interview
with Julie Wilen, November 1, 2005.
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See www.gainscenter.samhsa.gov/pdfs/spotlight/TCE_grantee_Spotlight.pdf.
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“State’s Attorney’s Drug School Program Highlights and Outcome Data,” updated continuously, provided by Mark Kammerer (Director
of Treatment Programs, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office), email correspondence with Julie Wilen, January 9, 2006.
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Harris, Michelle. Memo to all Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois: “Report of the Health and Hospitals Public Health
Subcomittee,” October 27, 2005.
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Terrence Johnson, interview with Ben Lumpkin, May 5, 2005.
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“Getting Off the Merry-Go-Round,” Catalyst newsletter published by the Safer Foundation, Winter 2005.
Chapter 3: Family
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We recognize that families may take many different forms and have many different meanings. “Family,” broadly defined, may not
always be determined by kinship or bloodline. It may include fathers, mothers, grandparents, children, siblings, cousins, friends, and
significant others who are connected to a family network. But we will use the reference to “family” as our shorthand throughout this
chapter.
2
Castro, Jennifer, Nancy La Vigne and Christy Visher, “Chicago Prisoner’s Experiences Returning Home” (Washington, D.C.: The Urban
Institute, 2004), 8.
3
Bobbit, Mike and Marta Nelson, “The Front Line: Building Programs that Recognize Families’ Role in Reentry” (New York, NY: Vera
Institute of Justice, 2004), 1.
4
Shapiro, Carol, “Coming Home: Building on Family Connections,” The Corrections Management Quarterly vol. 5, no. 3 (2001): 52-61.
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