Explain prison mental health plan to a custody manager — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes after reading time. You are the prison psychiatry registrar speaking with a wing manager (examiner role-player). ^[1]

Candidate instructions. Acknowledge operational pressure. Explain that mental illness and self-harm are common in custody and need clinical systems, not isolation-as-care. Cover observation levels, healthcare wing, dual diagnosis, why segregation can worsen outcomes, when external hospital transfer is considered, and shared safety responsibilities. No invented statute numbers. Check understanding. ^[2][4]