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Evidence is lacking on prevalence of specific psychiatric diagnoses in this population. This article presents results from the Mental and Substance Use Disorders Prevalence Study (MDPS), a national epidemiological survey that assessed lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia-spectrum disorder, and past-year prevalence of bipolar 1, obsessive-compulsive, major depressive, generalized anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorders using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID 5). Diagnoses and demographic characteristics are compared among three populations: (1) imprisoned adults (N=321), (2) adults not incarcerated but with justice involvement in the past year (N=269), and (3) adults with no criminal legal history in the past year (N=5,004). The weighted sample included households, prisons, hospitals, and homeless shelters. About 4 in 10 people with any past-year criminal legal involvement had at least one of these mental disorders. The cumulative prevalence of these disorders was highest among those in prison (41.8%; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 33.1-50.9%), lower in the community resident population with criminal legal involvement (37.0%; 95% CI: 25.1-50.6%), and lowest among those with no criminal legal involvement in the past year (24.4%; 95% CI: 21.9-27.0%). 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