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Continuity of care for released inmates

Our liability does not end when the inmate walks out of our jail and the steel gate closes behind him or her

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What do your polices say about inmate releases and continuity of care following the release from custody? In this tip, risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham outlines considerations around inmate releases from jail and continuity of care.

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Gordon Graham has been actively involved in law enforcement since 1973. He spent nearly 10 years as a very active motorcycle officer while also attending Cal State Long Beach to achieve his teaching credential, USC to do his graduate work in Safety and Systems Management with an emphasis on Risk Management, and Western State University to obtain his law degree. In 1982 he was promoted to sergeant and also admitted to the California State Bar and immediately opened his law offices in Los Angeles.
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