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.
NaphCare is designed to manage and meet the needs of patient populations in correctional settings
With more being asked of these facilities, they need additional solutions
CPR training can prepare anyone to render lifesaving care
Lawyers said at least seven others at the Irwin County Detention Center have received word that they could soon be removed from the country
An investigation found Wellpath was accused of contributing to more than 70 deaths at other prisons
The grant will allow the jail to expand its medication-assisted treatment program so that former prisoners can receive continued treatment after release
The probe, which was published last year, explored complaints and issues in 32 states
Unspent CARES Act dollars represent a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address a persistent gap in corrections capacity: onsite medical facilities
There are some key steps correctional officers must take before medical personnel arrive
Medical experts found an “alarming pattern” in which Dr. Mahendra Amin allegedly subjected the women to unwarranted gynecological surgeries
Sheriff Gregory Tony said his office tried to find “an alternative to incarceration” for Stephanie Bretas
It was police versus corrections, Georgia versus Florida in a salsa dance battle for the ages – and all for a good cause
The woman was complaining about contractions and labor pains more than 12 hours before giving birth
A coroner said medical staff did not recognize for more than 25 minutes that the inmate had stopped breathing
The agreement will allow all infected prisoners to receive a costly, but highly effective medication to treat the disease
Recommendations include that officials screen inmates daily, increase medical staffing and investigate instances of retaliation and threats over inmate concerns
The ruling comes after weeks of testimony by inmates, officials and experts about the lack of access to soap, hand sanitizer and routine testing
Kettle Moraine is the Wisconsin prison with the highest number of COVID-19 cases among inmates since the pandemic began in March
The law applies only if the state does not have “management or security concerns”
The allegations against the doctor were first revealed in a complaint filed last week by a nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center
The women’s lack of consent or knowledge raises severe legal and ethical issues, lawyers and medical experts said
Holly Barlow-Austin’s family claims jail staff neglected her care and ignored her pleas for help as her health deteriorated and she went blind
A nurse claims a gynecologist, who she called the “uterus collector,” was performing “mass hysterectomies”
Inmates claim the facility offers inadequate treatment and medication, and often punishes them with extended solitary confinement or excessive force
The filed complaint includes questions surrounding hysterectomies, shredded medical records and refusals to test detainees for COVID-19
The judge is giving the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation five months to get the body-worn devices into use
The monitoring plan is aimed at making sure the ADOC follows the remedial orders
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
