The Correctional Mental Health Collaboration between the University of Washington and the Washington State Department of Corrections was established by the legislature (HB1765) in 1993. It has been funded by the Department of Corrections since that time. The primary goals have been to use our joint resources to address problems associated with increasing numbers of mentally ill in our corrections system. This effort has been guided by three objectives:

1. Improving the clinical management of mentally ill offenders (MIO’s);
2. Reducing the rate of mentally ill persons (re)entering the prison system; and
3. Improving the post-release integration of MIO’s into community services.

Contact Information

Correctional Mental Health Collaboration
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health
Box #357263
Seattle, WA 98195-7263
206.685.9309
General Email:susang@u.washington.edu