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.
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.
Despite the evidence that this treatment is medically effective, promotes better outcomes and reduces the incidence of relapse, it remains controversial and plagued by stigma
Over 54% of recently incarcerated individuals had uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors, with those released from jail facing higher risks than those released from prison
At least a quarter of the people in U.S. prisons and jails are addicted to opioids
Can rehab programs reduce non-violent drug offender recidivism?
Correctional facilities do not have the proper staffing, training, healthcare programs, funding, or general resources to adequately deal with mentally ill inmates
Alabama’s prison system, needing more COs, would get the biggest increase under bills that advanced in the Legislature
The Corrections Department says about 600 of its 19,000 inmates have hepatitis C
The therapy was developed in response to the high rate of trauma and suicide rates within the combat veteran community
A judge will hold hearings to determine whether to fine the state for falling short in improving care for inmates
Some lawmakers are pushing a bill that would set conditions to transfer some pregnant inmates into rehabilitation centers
A company that provides health care for inmates at the jail faces criminal charges because employees lied about checking on a man who died of dehydration
An inmate gave birth in her cell, and as a result two employees have been told not to return to the prison while the incident is being investigated
With 2,517 inmates at SCI Houtzdale, there is a constant flow of patients through the medical department each day
Telehealth programs can increase inmate access to care, lower costs and allow inmates to be seen sooner
Officials are concerned about exposure to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that can cause harmful effects
While the disease is common among the incarcerated, treatment with the latest hepatitis drugs isn’t
One bill would entitle COs to get workers’ compensation under the presumption that ailments stem from their jobs
Roughly 30 percent, or more than 2,500, Idaho prisoners are infected with hepatitis C, according to the department
Sheriff Elmer Tanner praised the officers for helping deliver the first baby in a set of twins when an inmate went into premature labor
Judge Algenon Marbley in Columbus says Tommy Thompson has never been diagnosed or treated for fiberglass sensitivity
State officials are hiring independent experts to review inmate access to health care and the prisoner grievance system in wake of the deadly Delaware riot
A California CO union counts 96 confirmed or suspected suicides among current and retired members between 1999 and 2015
Sheriff Ken Stolle called Virginia’s mental health system “broken and ill-equipped to help all those who need it”
In our line of work, we can never ignore an inmate’s cry for help
A judge last year ruled that Alabama’s psychiatric care of state inmates is “horrendously inadequate”
Acting Sheriff Richard Schmidt said he created the new position to provide an “added layer of protection” for more fragile inmates
After two inmates tested positive, the prison “offered blood tests” to 125 men in two units to see who’s immune
A lawsuit would require the Minnesota DOC to offer a class of groundbreaking, but extremely expensive, new drugs
The deaths also show that COs continue to deal with societal problems that make their jobs more difficult
The inmate alleges it wasn’t until he swallowed the blade that the prison’s medical staff took him to the hospital, where he was treated for a flesh-eating infection
The mother of Francisco Luevano alleges that prison officials “have refused to provide plaintiff answers regarding her son’s unexpected and sudden death”
When it comes to trends in drug cases, the law enforcement community continues to see that methamphetamine cases have shown no signs of going away
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