High-Quality, Secure Psychiatry for Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Centers
Expand Access to Behavioral Health Services for Incarcerated Youth and Adults
Thousands of individuals in correctional and juvenile detention facilities experience mental health conditions, yet many go without the care they need. Estimates show that up to 70% of youth in juvenile justice systems and more than 20% of adult inmates have at least one mental health condition, including disorders such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, or bipolar disorder.
Correctional and detention facilities face numerous challenges in providing timely psychiatric care, from staffing shortages to security risks associated with transporting inmates for treatment. Telepsychiatry provides a safe, reliable, and cost-effective solution by enabling licensed psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners to deliver care directly to your detention center, on demand.
How Telepsychiatry Supports Correctional & Juvenile Justice Facilities
Telepsychiatry has been proven to make a significant impact on the availability of effective behavioral and mental health care within prisons, jails, detention centers, and juvenile correctional facilities. Incarcerated individuals often have limited access to psychiatric services, higher rates of mental illness, and increased risk for crises. Virtual mental health care allows facilities to provide timely, compliant, and secure psychiatric services without the challenges of transporting inmates off-site.
With telepsychiatry services, your facility can provide individuals in custody with access to:
- On-demand psychiatric evaluations for intake, ongoing treatment, and crisis stabilization
- Competency evaluation and restoration services
- Emergency mental health and suicide-risk intervention delivered securely and promptly
- Medication management tailored to correctional environments, including controlled-substance compliance and documentation
- Adult, adolescent, and forensic psychiatric services for high-acuity populations
- Therapy and counseling sessions (as approved by facility protocols) to support behavioral stability and rehabilitation
Why Correctional Facilities Partner with FasPsych
The mental health needs of incarcerated populations are significant:
- The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that prisons house three times as many individuals with mental illness as mental health hospitals.
- 20% of state prisoners and 21% of local jail prisoners have a history of serious mental health conditions.
- Among juvenile offenders, up to 70% have at least one mental health condition, and at least 20% live with a serious mental illness.
The Solution: Correctional facilities face challenges recruiting on-site psychiatrists or psychiatric nurse practitioners, especially in remote areas. Transporting inmates to external care providers increases security risks and costs. FasPsych’s telepsychiatry services address these challenges while providing high-quality, reliable care.
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Telepsychiatry enables correctional and juvenile justice facilities to access a network of qualified mental health professionals who can deliver timely, secure care to individuals in custody. By eliminating the need for off-site transportation and reducing staffing strain, virtual psychiatric services help facilities maintain safety, compliance, and continuity of care. Depending on your population’s age, acuity, and security level, we can provide fast, reliable access to:
- Adult Psychiatrists experienced in forensic and correctional mental health
- Adolescent Psychiatrists for juvenile detention and youth rehabilitation programs
- Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) trained in high-acuity and crisis-management environments
- Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialists with correctional behavioral health experience
- Licensed Clinical Social Workers familiar with justice-involved populations
- Licensed Independent Social Workers
- Licensed Professional Counselors who support stabilization, behavioral interventions, and rehabilitation goals
Benefits of Working with FasPsych
FasPsych makes it easy to provide mental health and psychiatric care for correctional and juvenile justice facilities by packaging all services into one simple contract. Our virtual services will:
- Facilitate rapid access to psychiatric services for inmates
- Reduce risk management issues and costs associated with undertrained medical staff monitoring inmates with psychiatric service needs
- Improve the facility environment by more expediently managing inmates who may be disruptive due to mental illness
- Remove costs associated with transporting inmates to an external facility for treatment
How FasPsych Works
with Correctional Facilities
Getting started with FasPsych is easy! Here’s how we can get your prison, jail, detention center, or juvenile correctional facility up and running:
Meet & Greet
Initial meeting to align on goals, security requirements, and discuss your facility’s needs.
Provider Matching
We match your organization with qualified telepsychiatry professionals experienced in correctional and forensic behavioral health.
Provider Setup
Once you’ve approved the providers we’ve selected, we’ll work with you to get them credentialed with your facility, trained on your security protocols, and paneled with your payers (if applicable).
Tech Setup
Our team works with yours to set up the necessary software and ensure secure, compliant integration with your EMR, scheduling systems, and correctional communication procedures.
Launch
We’ll run through a test session and once everything is in place, we’ll start facilitating services to your incarcerated population.
Onboarding Timeframe: Typically, our onboarding process takes 2-6 weeks,
ensuring that all systems are in place for seamless service delivery.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Telepsychiatry in Correctional Facilities
Our process begins with understanding your facility’s needs and security protocols, then matching you with qualified telepsychiatry providers experienced in correctional behavioral health. Once providers are approved and credentialed, we set up secure video conferencing integrated with your systems and schedules, enabling consistent, compliant psychiatric care without the need for off-site transportation.
Yes. FasPsych telepsychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners can prescribe medications in accordance with state laws and facility policies. All prescriptions are managed securely, documented in your electronic medical records, and coordinated with on-site staff to ensure compliance with controlled-substance regulations and safe administration within the correctional setting.
Telepsychiatrists can conduct a wide range of psychiatric evaluations and assessments, including:
- Intake evaluations for new residents entering custody
- Mental health screenings for high-acuity or high-risk individuals
- Risk and suicide assessments
- Medication management assessments
- Co-occurring disorder evaluations (substance use plus mental health conditions)
- Behavioral health progress monitoring and follow-up assessments
These evaluations are designed to support individualized treatment plans, crisis management, and continuity of care within correctional facilities.
- Adult incarcerated populations? Yes. Our adult psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and therapists are experienced in correctional behavioral health, managing complex psychiatric and co-occurring disorders in adult facilities.
- Juvenile or adolescent residents? Yes. We provide psychiatrists and behavioral health specialists trained to work with youth in detention and rehabilitation programs.
- High-acuity or crisis populations? Yes. Our providers are skilled in crisis intervention, risk assessment, and stabilization for individuals with acute psychiatric needs.
- Substance use and co-occurring disorders? Yes. FasPsych providers have expertise in addiction treatment, MAT (medication-assisted treatment), and dual-diagnosis care within secure facilities.
Let’s Get Started
Partner with FasPsych to provide high-quality, secure, and accessible telepsychiatric support that meets the behavioral health needs of your incarcerated population. Get in touch today to learn more about our services and how you can empower your prison, juvenile detention center, or correctional facility with virtual mental health care.