Which of the following statements about corrections and correctional nursing is accurate?

B
The total of persons receiving mental health treatment in state prisons is more than 10 times that of persons in state psychiatric hospitals. Rates of chronic illness are higher among inmates than in the general population due to factors such as higher rates of poverty, lower educational status, higher rates of trauma, institutional living when incarcerated, reduced access to health care, poor health habits, and higher rates of high-risk behaviors such as IV drug abuse. Correctional nurses working on psychiatric units within prisons or jails are performing a psychiatric nursing role, just as they would be in a civilian hospital setting.