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.
From body cameras to healthcare access, the new year will bring key policy shifts to improve corrections operations
Prescription drugs such as suboxone, Vivitrol or methadone, which block the effects of opioids, are often part of Medication-Assisted Treatment programs
Learn how inmate privacy violations, as officers observed an inmate’s naked body during childbirth, led to a lawsuit in Brown v. Dickey
As of August 20, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice resumed limited family visitation to facilities that have no active COVID-19 cases
The decision found officials didn’t act with deliberate indifference to inmates’ medical needs and prioritizing the sickest patients for treatment was reasonable
Katrina Pinkerton described the department’s “serious neglect” in managing the spread of COVID-19 at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in an email
Marlin Gusman ceded control in 2016, amid complaints that progress was too slow at improving medical care, violence, drug contraband and suicide attempts
The rare action follows a multiyear investigation into the practices at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail
Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses
The prison must rank inmates by their health risks and identify candidates for early release
Johnny Avila Jr., 62, was sentenced to death in 1996 for two counts of first-degree murder
Under the ruling, the state must come up with a plan to vacate at least 100 beds in each prison across California in the next month
The greatest risk to jail inmates is not new inmates with COVID, but deputies or other jail employees catching COVID in the community and bringing it to the jail
The state prison system has come under fire for what some call a “horribly botched” handling of the pandemic
Lawyers said prison officials haven’t provided inmates hand sanitizer, sufficient testing, contact tracing or social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19
While no laws were broken, the DA said a jail isn’t an appropriate environment for inmates with mental illness
The massive outbreak prompted the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to set up an incident command center at the prison
Two new studies show that jails can contribute enormously to coronavirus case totals outside their walls
Six states now have infection rates higher than one of every 10 inmates
“It’s a very unique case and very rare,” said a Spokane Regional Health District spokesperson
The Manhattan jurist has allowed inmates to proceed with a lawsuit in their quest to improve conditions at the facility
Health experts warned prison medical officials two weeks ago to cut the prison’s population by at least half
The criminal justice system has already adapted in the face of the coronavirus pandemic
The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2030, people over the age of 55 will account for almost one-third of all incarcerated people
Under the terms of the settlement, the county will transition its three juvenile facilities from a corrections model to a treatment model
The state is reviewing whether Cumberland County Jail COs used excessive force; it will also determine if COs provided the inmates with proper medical care
The lawsuit is one of several long-running cases by inmate advocates complaining of substandard healthcare and mistreatment of vulnerable populations
Lawyers have collected 100 declarations from inmates and hope to convince the state to make the department adopt a slew of new reforms
A doctor said the Metropolitan Correctional Center was infested with mice, rats and roaches, reflecting a “basic disregard for sanitation and infection control”
US District Judge Solomon Oliver rebutted an opinion from a doctor who said prison conditions could lead to an outbreak
COs described medical staff limitations, haphazard hygiene procedures and confusion over COVID-19 tests and temperature checks in many facilities
A union representing corrections officers has repeatedly pressed for more PPE and testing in the facilities
A total of 373 staff members and 684 inmates within the Department of Correction have tested positive for COVID-19
