The Correctional Health Research CIG team is under the direction of Dr. Louise Reagan.  The main thrust of the research has focused on the creation of or adaptation of interventions for incarcerated and reentry populations in response to clinical need. The goal is to improve the health care and service delivery across the 17 facilities and 34 halfway houses throughout Connecticut which hold over 19,000 offenders. The work of the CIG includes, but is not limited to the following areas: 1) Treatment for offenders with behavior problems; 2) Global assessment of functioning instrument for the prison environment (the Corrections Modified-GAF) for safety and security of staff and inmate patients; and 3) Medication algorithms to examine impact upon symptom management for persons with mental disorders.