Abstract
When a Louisiana social work school and a federal court said I do, their unusual partnership gave birth to a state plan enhancing inmate mental health services. This alliance illustrates some of the pitfalls and pleasures of partnerships and can be a model for town-gown liaisons. Despite problems of working across agency lines in rough political waters, the school and its students enjoyed substantial benefits, and community attention to the well-being of prison inmates increased. This article discusses problems and benefits of collaboration, describes the genesis and results of this model relationship, and outlines the inmate mental health assessment and plan that grew out of this partnership.
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