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.
As it works to improve prison healthcare, ODOC is contracting nurses, increasing off-site medical trips and holding town halls with inmates to address healthcare gaps
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From a lack of medical screening to PPE deficits, the response to COVID-19 is testing correctional facilities nationwide
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A 263-page document says the design of the state’s prisons, overcrowding and understaffing make it “impossible” to keep COs and inmates safe from COVID-19
The mask requirement will apply across the board, regardless of whether a facility has been touched by COVID-19
The lawsuit claims that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has failed to put in place the necessary infection control policies and practices at a geriatric prison
The document was written to protect the health and safety of staff, inmates and visitors
Decisive action by governors and the President now can save lives – of incarcerated people, correctional and medical personnel, and nearby community members
As COVID-19 threatens to spread behind bars, defense attorneys are filing motions for some inmates’ release
The state Commission on Correction reported that 56 inmates and 63 staff statewide have tested positive for COVID-19
Advocates and correctional officers are calling for reforms to head off a potential outbreak
Derek Lichtenwalter, 44, argued that he is a non-violent offender and is considered high-risk because of his HIV diagnosis
The COs are at home recovering and those who had contact with them were asked to get tested or self-isolate
A CO at the Garner Correctional Institution has been self-monitoring at home after testing positive for COVID-19
State corrections officials said five employees have also tested positive for the novel coronavirus
One inmate and three employees with the Michigan Department of Corrections have tested positive for COVID-19
Jails must continue to fill a vital role within the public safety and criminal justice realms while battling the coronavirus
COBA President Elias Husamudeen discusses how COVID-19 has impacted staff and inmates at Rikers Island
Dr. Anne Spaulding answers frequently asked questions about how to prevent coronavirus infections among both correctional officers and inmates
Five COs and two supervisors at Wende Correctional Facility were placed in isolation because of possible exposure to COVID-19
Officials hope to produce up to 15,000 masks per day
We answer some commonly asked questions about N95 masks and officer safety
The DOC’s update was given less than 36 hours after the first confirmed COVID-19 case inside a state correctional facility
Sheriff Jack Campbell said about 20 nonviolent offenders have been identified as candidates for release due to COVID-19 concerns, but only if necessary
All three products, which are in the early stages of being developed, will be produced by inmates at various facilities
In the last week, 17 correctional employees and 21 people in custody at Rikers and city jails had tested positive for the coronavirus
In addition to the three inmates who tested positive, three other Lee State inmates are “under observation for exhibiting flu-like symptoms”
The inmate, who is housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, complained of chest pains a few days after he arrived at the facility
There have been no reports of inmates testing positive for COVID-19, but prisoners and their families are still fearful
After the positive result, 18 inmates were quarantined and 11 medical staffers were sent home
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