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 move comes after years of increasing inmate transports and $2 million in overtime costs for Cuyahoga County deputies and COs assigned to hospital supervision
With 13 wards and advanced healthcare spaces, the new medical unit at Frederick County Adult Detention Center aims to reduce hospital transports and increase efficiency
McLean County Sheriff Matt Lane said inmates who struggled with daily functions or speaking in complete sentences became “totally coherent” around the dog
A man was granted posthumous clemency for a stabbing that a serial killer later confessed to committing
Officials hope the move will resolve a yearlong mystery in which more than 200 women have complained about itchy rashes from an unknown cause
With adequate funds for staffing and security, there are few attacks on correctional officers and little to zero use of solitary confinement in German prisons
Many of the findings in the U.S. Marshals 52-page report center around a lack of jail policies related to inmate and staff safety
The inmate was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor by a detention officer
An aging inmate population and growing healthcare expenses are contributing to the rising cost of incarceration
Millions of times each year, people who have mental illnesses are booked into jails
Inmate healthcare costs are straining correctional facility budgets – here are some grant funding sources that could assist with those expenses
VADOC’s program involves the use of Vivitrol, an FDA-approved non-narcotic that prevents the euphoric effects of opioids and reduces cravings
Providing healthcare to a growing elderly inmate population poses many challenges for correctional facilities
Dr. Marc Stern, a consultant in correctional healthcare, details the healthcare-related challenges facing correctional facilities
The lawsuit asks for the Texas prison system to step up their training so officers know to ensure adequate medical treatment in the future
Barring any appeals, under the ruling Adree Edmo will become the first Idaho inmate to receive gender confirmation surgery while in Idaho DOC custody
From inmate mental healthcare to officer recruitment and retention, the corrections profession faced many challenges in 2018
Five years ago, nearly 200 elderly lifers were released from prison en masse under jury instructions that were found unconstitutional in the case Unger v. Maryland
The county will essentially create a new health division for its four correctional facilities, adding five full-time nurses, three mental health professionals and other positions
The nurse claims her firing was retaliation for reporting incomplete blood pressure exams, “improper sticks” and medication errors
Jail officials have long struggled to move inmates, some with serious mental health issues, to medical appointments
Treatment, which will begin with the most advanced cases, will extend to everyone with hepatitis C in prison by 2022
Funding is available for trace detection machines, Narcan kits and data-sharing technology to document problems in your jurisdiction
Cuyahoga County’s top jail official resigned late Wednesday, just months after six inmates died in a four-month span
The prison’s pharmacist and the DOC’s chief medical officer “explained that they did not understand why [the specified medication] would be used in this context,” the lawsuit said
In an effort to improve chronic health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, officials worked with a dietitian to retool the menus
Three inmates at Jess Dunn Correctional Center overdosed on synthetic opioids and were revived by medical staff
Disability advocates call the practice a violation of due rights
In 2011, Wisconsin spent more to incarcerate people than it did to educate children, he said
The doctor says he was retaliated against after he warned that conditions at San Quentin State Prison would endanger inmates
The new initiative fills a gap in the services now offered to inmates and those on probation, and comes at no cost to the county
Officials say the cost would be offset by safer prisons, fewer drug-smuggling gangs, and fewer addicted inmates cycling back to communities
The four defendants are among 18 inmates charged in the riot in which one CO was and three other staffers were held hostage