The Health Care Unit has initiated case conferences in the Condemned Unit as well as in the Health Care Unit to consistently review the medical services provided at Dwight. While the mother is awaiting birth, she is provided individual and group counseling, an exercise program and informational seminars designed to make the process of the pregnancy and delivery as smooth as possible. The Mental Health Unit continued to provide services to the inmate population during the past year. The 46 bed inpatient unit was filled to capacity during the year. The general population caseload served by the unit averaged 202, a slight increase from the past year's average of 195.
Services provided include psychiatric, psychological and counseling.
Psychiatric services continued at 30 hours per week as part of the health care contact. Special services of interest continued to be the Crisis Intervention Team and group counseling. Group counseling has been expanded to include more inmates and multiple sessions per week. All newly admitted inmates were also seen for a psychological evaluation and record number of inmates were seen during the last year. This program addresses, in a very professional manner, non traditional correctional concerns and provides counseling and assistance with routine concerns of other inmates.