The Correctional Programs Division has 30 Psychologists, 8 Clinical Licensed Social Workers, and 3 Mental Health Counselors in our facilities statewide who provide regular and emergency services to our General Population inmates. (The Medical Division has psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses who provide similar services to inmates who reside in special mental health units at NNCC, HDSP, ESP and SNWCC.) Under the Unit Management system, our mental health staff members are each assigned responsibility over one or more housing units and they provide the correctional programming to inmates living in that unit. Such programs include criminal thinking errors, anger management, parenting and family violence issues, survivors programs for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, coping strategies for specific mental illnesses and many more. Staff also monitors the psychotropic medications intake for the inmates in their units and refers them to medical staff for re-evaluations when necessary. Crisis intervention and emergency services are provided in the units by psychologists.

Psychologist IVs supervise the northern and southern regions of the state and are responsible for the mental health services provided by staff in the facilities in their region. In each major prison, there is a Psychologist III who is the on-site supervisor for Programs mental health staff. Dr. Arthur Vogt is the Psychologist IV for the Northern Region and he can be reached in the Regional Medical Facility at NNCC in Carson City, or by telephone at (775) 887-9381, or by email at avogt@doc.nv.gov. Dr. Roy Hookham is the Psychologist IV for the Southern Region and he is located in the Mental Health Building at HDSP in Indian Springs, or can be reached by telephone at (702) 879-6740, or by email at rhookham@doc.nv.gov.