Forensic counsellors will work with inmates who are on probation or are serving time at the correctional homes. They will offer counselling to individuals who are in the prison. They will analyse the inmates and report on their conditions to the justice system. Therapists will work either individually or in groups. They are called to testify about the inmate’s mental health.
The type of people seen by forensic mental health clinicians are:
- Inmates who are found guilty but are unfit to pleas because of their mental impairment.
- Inmates who require assessment of a mental illness.
- Inmates who are not found guilty of crimes because of their mental impairment.
- Alleged offenders who are referred by courts for assessment.
- Individuals with mental impairment who are a threat to the society.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has been found to be the most effective with juvenile and adult offenders. It has helped them to restructure their distorted thinking pattern and has helped them to change their behaviour in a better way.
Benefits of forensic counselling:
- It helps the inmates to accept their situation and their present living environment.
- It helps them to accept their separation from their family and loved ones.
- It helps the inmates to cope with the length of imprisonment.
- It helps them to know about the prison’s safety and the unwritten inmate rules.
- It helps to reach their mental peace and interpersonal harmony.
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