Correctional Facilities
Behavioral health support for safer, more compliant jails
Correctional officers care for, protect, and serve the community, but are not behavioral health care providers. Support your staff with a behavioral health program that effectively delivers care to inmates through remote, reliable providers, reducing the need for transportation.
The problem
Unmanaged psychiatric episodes become dangerous and costly
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Today, without coverage
Extended restraint and observation time
With PMC correctional services
On-site evaluation replaces watch-and-wait protocols
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Today, without coverage
Increased exposure to behavioral assaults
With PMC correctional services
Medication management reduces escalation before restraint is needed
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Today, without coverage
Transportation costs absorbed by your facility
With PMC correctional services
Crisis intervention happens on-site, eliminating need for transport
Less for your officers to absorb. Less liability exposure for your facility.
How it works
Efficiency and effectiveness with PMC correctional services
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When a person in custody presents with a behavioral health issue, such as suicidal ideation or a substance use challenge, your staff schedules an assessment.
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A board-certified psychiatric provider with correctional experience conducts an evaluation via telehealth and develops a treatment plan, including prescriptions when needed.
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Your staff has direct psychiatric support throughout the encounter, reducing inmate risk and improving staff efficiency.
Why PMC
Specific problems require specialized solutions
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Specialized expertise
PMC recruits, credentials, and retains behavioral health providers who have worked in correctional environments. They understand the setting before their first session.
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Built for smaller facilities
Our monthly fee structure was developed for facilities that can't justify on-site providers. It also works as a bolt-on for facilities whose bundled healthcare coverage doesn't include behavioral health support.
It works wonders in getting inmates seen. The appointment times offered are great!
The national network
Connect to PMC’s national network
If an individual is released from custody, they can continue seeing the same PMC provider or be connected to our national provider network. This helps reduce the gap between incarceration and community-based care that can contribute to recidivism for people with untreated mental illness.
PMC currently provides correctional behavioral health services in county jails of all sizes.
Evaluate the fit
Tell us the nuts and bolts: facility, population, current providers and more. We will develop a custom solution.