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Case Study: Please read the vignette below and answer the questions that follow. Your answers must betyped in 12-point font, and should be double-spaced, and have a header with your name only.You do not need a title page and do not take up part of the page listing out your name and thetitle of the course, etc. Your answers must be submitted online in one document (start eachquestion on a new page please) no later than Saturday, October 14 at 11:59 p.m. You do not havea maximum page limit for each question. However, your writing should be well-edited andconcise. You will not get extra points for length if you are simply repeating what you havealready said. The minimum length for the answer to each question is 2 pages.You must utilize the material from at least 15 of the approximate 24 articles/chapters of thereadings assigned to you from weeks 1-6 in the response. As part of the 15, you must includematerial from all the Bloom & Farragher chapters assigned so far (chapters 1-4). That meansyou will have to put some thought into how to craft your answers, pulling important facts fromeach reading to inform your arguments. Do NOT utilize outside resources. When citing thecourse material in your answers, use both the author's name and the page number of thereading from where you are pulling information. See below example on how to cite.Example: The environment of a corrections environment matters, and systems are in crisis inthe following ways....(Bloom & Farragher, 2011, p. XX).

Vignette

A.B., age 24, is currently serving a 5-year sentence in the Colorado Department of Correctionsfor a violent offense. He is 90 days from the end of his sentence and will be released back to thecommunity. He suffers from a psychotic disorder, and recently began refusing to take hisprescribed medications. He states that staff members are trying to poison him. He won't eatand has lost approximately 10 pounds, noticeable on an already slender, youthful frame. Hekeeps repeating, "I can't go back. I can't go back." Staff members labor to develop a plan for hiscare and management of symptoms. They don't understand what it means that he "can't goback" and just want him to comply. He has a history of untreated complex trauma-that is,early and repeated episodes of abuse. Based on the details provided, one might assume hewould be treated in a hospital. That is not the case. He remains is a safety risk in the securesetting and is serving time for a violent offense that led to serious bodily harm of anotherperson in the community and during confinement. He is known for "going off" on staff andothers who are incarcerated, often causing injury. From an organization perspective, every staffmember has a chance to help A.B. They are in control of his environment-in charge of treatment referrals and often serve as a bridge to care. The staff are at a loss for what to do. He does not have family who come to visit him, and staff members are worried about how he will function when he leaves the locked setting. They have heard from others that he grew up in a home that was ultimately condemned by the city. They don't know where to look for family. Staff have lost patience and compassion for him over time and are always on guard to avoid being assaulted.Please answer the below questions. Your job is to use the course materials (see above forspecific instructions on how many of the readings assigned from weeks 1-6 must be utilizedacross the questions below) to form the response. You may use information from PowerPointslides, but this must be in addition to ensuring you utilize a minimum of 15 different coursereading assignments to inform your responses. Please note that the requirement of citingmaterial from 15 articles/chapters is a total number across both questions, not 15 for eachquestion.

Question 1. How likely is it that A.B.'s mental health condition and history of trauma is related to hiscriminal offending?

Question 2. How can we address trauma in a correctional setting? Specifically, what might help A.B.,and how does the incarcerated environment potentially impact him?