Correctional Healthcare
Correctional Healthcare is critical to prison and jail management, ensuring inmates receive necessary medical, dental, and mental health services. This section provides articles that explore the challenges, best practices, and innovations in delivering Correctional Healthcare. Topics include managing chronic illnesses, addressing mental health needs, and navigating legal and ethical considerations in inmate care. Understanding Correctional Healthcare is essential for professionals committed to providing quality care in a correctional setting. For further reading, explore related topics on COVID and its impact on rehabilitation and facility management.
Middlesex Jail & House of Correction officers assigned to the unit received specialized training in working with an older inmate population
Colette Peters, Biden’s former BOP director, is tasked with creating a plan to fix chronic understaffing and prevent inmate suicides in state prisons
A $250K grant and opioid settlement funds are supporting the Genesee County Jail program, which aims to reduce withdrawal risks and improve long-term recovery
Suicide attempts at the jail have been cut in half since the program was implemented
77 inmates received shots containing up to six times the recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine
The ruling allows the jail’s medical contractor to continue altering inmate prescriptions as it deems fit
The state has been hit with $2.5 million in contempt fines over the past 6 years; now the case goes back to court
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Our liability does not end when the inmate walks out of our jail and the steel gate closes behind him or her
A swastika was left at a table where the former mental health worker was known to eat in the jail’s break room
Two courts have now found that KDOC is not violating the constitutional rights of prisoners
The state has no provisions for medical parole, and the ratio of aging inmates is on the rise
Free educational videos provide inmates with access to vital self-improvement tools
Inmates are adept at turning whatever materials are at hand into improvised weapons – the ongoing challenge for corrections officials is to detect these weapons
The inmate had just returned from work release when he collapsed in the shower
The devices include both free educational content and paid services like music and family messaging
We need to have a plan in place for not if, but when we encounter someone who has overdosed in the booking or holding areas
The prison’s medical director lacked board certification and had never completed an approved residency
A new sheriff’s department pilot program giving inmates access to Narcan appears to be working as intended
Starting in July, mothers and their babies will be placed in a community-based program for up to a year
The hearings are the next step in a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program and others
The woman has been taking methadone for her opioid use disorder for the past two years
Fears have been weighing heavily on staff for more than a year now, undermining their health and well-being, and most likely affecting their job performance
The doctors said they support medication-assisted treatment for inmates, but they have concerns over CDCR’s implementation
“The arbiters and inspectors could not have been more pleased with the care that the inmates are receiving,” said the warden
Kenny Williams died of metastasized breast cancer in June 2019 after DOC failed to provide treatment
It is critical to communicate early and often with employees about safety and ongoing planning
Monroe County is the first in the state to reach full programming in treating inmates with opioid addiction
Turn Key Health’s CEO said improvements had been made, including the jail administrator’s efforts to address detention staffing shortages
The most common mistake made when treating withdrawal in a jail is not to treat the withdrawal at all!
Turn Key Health gave the jail trust a one-month deadline to increase the number of detention officers at the overcrowded 13-story facility
The judge made her ruling after reviewing dozens of declarations submitted on behalf of disabled inmates
The St. Louis City Justice Center has no showers for people in wheelchairs, which, according to the suit, violates the federal Americans with Disabilities Act
