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.
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
Overdose is a leading cause of death in jail; drug testing at intake can detect fatal levels of drug intoxication and help connect people to life-saving treatment on day one.
This disease spreads most rapidly where people are enclosed together, like nursing homes, cruise ships and prisons
The National Association of Counties and National Sheriffs’ Association details the impact of the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy on non-convicted detainees
The lawsuit says Michael A. Carter died because medical staff at the jail refused to give him prescription medicine and appropriate attention as his condition worsened
The lawsuit claims COs didn’t provide proper care for the men despite knowing they had severe mental illnesses
Nearly 20 inmates have taken the training to administer naloxone; those who participate will receive a rescue kit when they leave the jail
Funding and staffing for medical care have not kept pace with inmate numbers or the aging inmate population
Officials wouldn’t release how many inmates at FCI Coleman were diagnosed with the pneumonia-like virus
Several inmates are being tested for the mumps virus; quarantine expected to last at least the week
Kohchise Jackson alleges a lack of adequate replacement bags and patches resulted in him frequently leaking human waste onto himself and his bunk
Experts say the suicide rate reflects a mental health crisis behind bars that appears to be worsening
Forty-five inmates have become sick at five different facilities; officials are taking extra steps to reduce the number of illnesses
When Michele Smiley was booked on a probation violation she told staff she had ingested “a lot” of meth
Failure to accommodate inmates with disabilities puts jails at considerable legal risk, while posing safety risks to inmates and COs
Despite state’s push to privatize prisons, switching to public healthcare would save the state between $40M and $46M yearly
The lawsuit also alleges the state prison system is out of compliance with the ADA
Many people who are arrested need urgent medical attention before they are booked into jail
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than two dozen criminal justice bills Tuesday
A lack of proper medical treatment is one of the most common complaints among Florida state prisoners
I only have a few minutes to convince my patient that I am a legitimate medical doctor and that I care about him
The judge also warned the state to make good on its promises to treat more patients more quickly
Doctors are required to have separate DEA licenses for each jail where they practice if controlled substances are stored or distributed at that jail
The critical factor was not that suicide checks were not being done, it was that he did not have a roommate
Suicide has long been the leading cause of death in jails around the country, reaching a high of 50 deaths for every 100,000 inmates in 2014
The city and county will fund a 60-bed treatment center with case-management services for repeat offenders struggling with substance use and mental health
In this episode of Tier Talk, Anthony Gangi and Connie Alleyne answer questions about custody and medical
The Kansas and Missouri affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on behalf of an inmate
Offenders have their own rooms, more comfortable bedding and unlimited access to telephones, as well as video phones, to call their baby’s caretaker or other children
Vanessa Lynn Gibson asserted that sexual reassignment surgery is essential medical care and denying the surgery violates the Eighth Amendment
The Denver County Sheriff’s Department says it has since changed its policy to ensure pregnant inmates in any stage of labor are immediately taken to hospital
Idaho is at the center of a national case over whether denying prison inmates gender reassignment surgery violates the U.S. Constitution
