PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - David L. Vlach AU - Anasseril E. Daniel TI - Commentary: Evolving Toward Equivalency in Correctional Mental Health Care—A View From the Maximum Security Trenches DP - 2007 Dec 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 436--438 VI - 35 IP - 4 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/35/4/436.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/35/4/436.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2007 Dec 01; 35 AB - Developing and implementing community standards of care in correctional mental health and psychiatric practice will facilitate progress toward attaining equivalency in care in prisons and jails. Specialized therapeutic procedures such as application of restraints and seclusion when properly implemented are valuable tools in the treatment of the chronically mentally ill in prisons. The authors share some useful points for working in maximum‐security prisons.