Deep in the heart of Texas, you’ll find insights,
inspiration, and correctional health care colleagues from around the country at the 2026
Correctional Mental Health Care Conference, a three-day event focused on the most pressing
issues facing corrections today. 

  • Proven strategies to prevent suicide, self-harm, and critical incidents
  • Practical approaches for managing serious mental illness in complex correctional environments
  • Integrated solutions for mental health and substance use disorders that reduce recidivism
  • Clear guidance on legal risk, documentation, and defensible care
  • Actionable tools to strengthen staff performance, resilience, and crisis response
  • PLUS, new ideas and solutions from vendors committed to this field

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Who Attends

Learn with other clinicians and administrators with a variety of backgrounds and a focus on correctional mental health care.

Conference sessions will benefit:

  • Frontline staff looking for the best ways to connect with patients and improve care 
  • Managers and administrators who need to maximize effectiveness of mental health care with a limited budget
  • Leaders looking to transform systems, morale, and policies
Fantastic conference! Greatly exceeded my expectations!
Reasons to Attend - Stay current, be part of the community, get CE

Topics Include:

  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Catatonia
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Involuntary Treatment
  • Juvenile Care
  • Meditation
  • Postincarceration Mental Health
  • Recidivism Prevention
  • Reentry
  • Self-Harm
  • SMI
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Transdiagnostic Treatment

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