Macgruder
Action
Organization
a Non-Profit registered in Maryland that offers adolescents and adults with severe emotional, psychological and behavioral problems, housing and linkage to resources.
MAGRUDER ACTION ORGANIZATION INC. provides rehabilitative counseling services designed to assist children and adults with severe emotional and behavioral disorders resulting primarily from abusive experiences.
Training
Educational
Counseling
Volunteer
Services
In-Person and Remote Visits Available
MAGRUDER ACTION ORGANIZATION INC.
conducted research on individuals neglected in the State of Maryland with the intentions of joining other mental health programs and further contribute to helping families in these areas.
Inmate Mental Health
64% local jails
56% state prisoners
45% federal prisoners
-2005 Department of Justice study
20% have been diagnosed with “serious mental illness.”
Including:
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Schizophrenia
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Major Depression
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Bipolar
-According to NAMI
“We are seeing our clients not getting treatment, and they’re not healthy,”
- Mary Pizzo,
In Baltimore, Maryland...
In 2016...
42% suffer from mental health disorders.
about 20% may involve severe illnesses
National estimates suggest that at least half this population in pretrial detention are there for nonviolent incidents.
Mental health screening is comparatively inexpensive; further assessment and treatment are less costly than incarceration. with “serious mental illness.”
