Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Correct Health Care. 2015 Apr;21(2):125–139. doi: 10.1177/1078345815574566

Table 2.

Jailed-detained PLWHAs: Psychiatric Indicators.

# (%)
ASI psychiatric score threshold > .22 458 (52.2)
Reports receiving psychiatric pension 83 (9.5)
Jail chart indicates major mental illness 220 (25.0)
Has been prescribed psychotropic medication at some point in life 388 (44.2)
ASI alcohol use threshold > .15a 386 (39.0)
ASI drug use threshold > .12 a 579 (66.0)

Note. N = 878. PLWHA = people living with HIV/AIDS.

a

AASI composite scores for alcohol and drugs in the 30 days prior to incarceration, using established cutoffs for indicating substance problems