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.
The Bureau of Prisons reforms include updating suicide prevention protocols and using data-driven strategies to reduce deaths in custody
The grants allow the state “to invest in programs that improve reentry outcomes and reduce the likelihood that a person will reoffend in the future”
Jeremy Bean, the warden of High Desert State Prison, said that there had been instances of failures to provide medical care
The baby was delivered by COs while the inmate was being transported for a medical check
About 60 percent to 85 percent of inmates in Maine prisons struggle with some kind of addiction, whether it be alcohol or opioid
It is a mistake to confuse the treatment of opioid withdrawal with the long-term treatment of drug addiction
The settlements, finalized last month, call for 15 inmates to each receive between $750 and $2,000
Inmates will be able to pick up naxolone, commonly called by the brand name Narcan, on their way out of jail
In the years that followed Wellpath’s arrival in New Orleans, the quality of medical care at the lockup has come under fire in several wrongful-death lawsuits
Jails are obligated to provide appropriate healthcare for inmates due to state mandates, but budgeting for these expenses comes with challenges
National and state accreditations help verify the quality of healthcare providers within the walls of jails and prisons
Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 345 last week banning the practice at county and state jails and prisons
Incidents of tainted water have spawned inmate lawsuits, expensive repairs, hefty bills for bottled water and fines
Since medical providers must be fair and consistent, it is important to differentiate medical need for a low bunk from requests made for non-medical reasons
The training is to help COs and staff avoid potential physical confrontations with inmates who struggle from a mental disability
The lawsuit claims that more than 200 inmates suffered from the parasitic mites
The county was awarded $450,000 for two years to treat opioid abuse and mental health issues by persons in jail
Under the agreement, more staff would be dedicated to inmate medical and mental healthcare
Here are some of the pros and cons of medication-assisted treatment in corrections
In court, would you able to prove you took all possible measures to prevent an overdose death?
Jailers have to be especially alert to those with drug or alcohol dependencies. Stopping cold turkey is hard and potentially deadly
I was unprepared for the sheer number of alcohol withdrawal patients I would see as a correctional physician
A class-action lawsuit settlement requires prisoners with chronic hepatitis C infections to be provided with antiviral drugs
The suit alleges medical malpractice and several counts of negligence, including improper training and supervision of medical staff at the prison; emotional distress; civil conspiracy; and breach of contract
Anthony Gangi sits down with Connie Alleyne and Russ Hamilton to discuss medication-assisted therapy
All four staff members and 28 of the 29 inmates were treated in emergency departments at local hospitals
The attack highlighted security concerns inside the jail brought up by COs
The lawsuit claims that it’s unconstitutional and harmful for Maine jails to prohibit medication-assisted treatment for inmates
The goal is to accurately identify those individuals with a true food allergy and exclude those who do not have a true food allergy
The facility is providing vaccines and conducting a deep cleaning to prevent the virus from spreading
A simple exercise program can meet the needs of inmates to be physically fit without placing additional burdens on correctional personnel
A bill has introduced that would prevent the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from charging a co-pay for medical and dental visits
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