Dates: July 20-21, 2025
Location: San Francisco, California

Be part of a unique event addressing the critical issues in correctional mental health care. The 2025 Correctional Mental Health Care Conference is your opportunity to share innovative solutions, groundbreaking research, and practical strategies with a diverse audience of clinicians, administrators, and mental health professionals dedicated to improving mental health services in correctional settings.

Key Topics in Focus:
This year’s agenda will cover some of the most pressing challenges faced by jails, prisons, and juvenile detention facilities:

• Serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders
• Substance use disorders and medication-assisted treatment
• Suicide prevention strategies and crisis intervention
• Brain injury and its impact on behavior
• Ethical and legal considerations in mental health care
• Addressing gender dysphoria and creating inclusive care models
• Effective use of psychotropic medications
• Trauma-informed care and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Enhancing quality of care and patient outcomes
• Reentry planning and continuity of care upon release
• Segregation and its mental health impacts

Why Participate? 
The conference provides a platform to learn from national leaders in correctional mental health care, explore practical solutions to everyday challenges, and engage in meaningful dialogue with peers from diverse settings across the country. Attendees come from a range of urban and rural facilities, large prison systems to small jails and juvenile detention centers, bringing a wealth of perspectives and experiences.

Call for Presentations:
We invite you to share your expertise and help shape the future of correctional mental health care. Potential presentation formats include:

• Case Studies: Highlight successes or lessons learned from overcoming a significant challenge.
• Research Reports: Present findings that inform evidence-based practices.
• Best Practices: Teach the field about innovative strategies or programs that have demonstrated measurable outcomes.

This year’s program will feature Lightning Sessions, 15-20 minute express presentations designed for quick, impactful insights.

Benefits for Speakers:
Presenters will receive a discount on conference registration, recognition among peers as thought leaders, and the chance to contribute to the advancement of mental health care standards in correctional environments.

Don’t miss this chance to inspire and be inspired. Submit your proposal today and make a lasting impact on correctional mental health care!

Find out more about submitting an abstract and go to the portal.

Deadline: February 7