The Institute for Criminal Justice Healthcare serves to integrate public health and the Criminal Justice System through education, research, technology and dialogue. 

ICJH advances and promotes the importance of total health and disease prevention in the criminal justice population for offenders. Offenders are a part of our community and promoting prevention efforts to this population provides protection to all of our communities. 

ICJH defines total health as:

"the physical, mental and social well-being of humanity" 

• To integrate public health and justice systems for the protection of our communities. 
• To advance and promote the importance of total care and prevention in the criminal justice population for offenders. 
• To promote education of the criminal justice practitioner and the health authority addressing total healthcare of offenders. 
• To develop strategic plans to provide the criminal justice field with necessary research and evaluation tools to access and enhance effective prevention, intervention and treatment programs for the offender population. 
• To explore new technologies, standards and development of best /exemplary practices for criminal justice research and evaluation. 
• ICJH works to enhance and promote bridge-building among the criminal justice system, law, science, public health and the community. 
• To provide input for effective legislation which positively impacts on healthcare in the criminal justice system.