Table 3:

Prison providers’ perceptions of their facilities’ mental health treatment capacity relative to mental health need (n = 35)

	M (range)
What is the waiting time for a mental health appointment at your facility (in days) for open mental health cases?	11 (1 – 30)
What is the waiting time for a mental health appointment (in days) for someone who is not an open mental health case?	12 (1 – 60)
Is there a waiting list in place at your facility for MH services?	23% yes
What percent of inmates requesting mental health services at your facility are turned down because there isn’t space on facility caseloads for them?	15% (0 – 100%)
What percent of inmates who could use mental health services don’t receive them because there isn’t space on facility caseloads for them?	14% (0 – 80%)
How many more therapists would be needed to meet the mental health need at your facility?	4 (0 – 10)