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 Kentucky DOC requested the opinion from the state’s attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for inmates
Six state prisons reported issues, including malfunctioning dishwashers, cockroach infestations and outdated medical supplies
The report highlights missed evaluations, underpaid staff and unresolved inmate complaints under private contractors
One official says prisons effectively have become mental health facilities because so many inmates need treatment
The state was also fined $1.4 million for failing to adequately improve health care for inmates
Retention remains an issue. Many candidates are fearful of prisons, and most of the state’s prisons are in rural areas
An inmate is suing the DOC for denying him gallbladder surgery because he was close to his release date
Staff complacency, supervision problems, and outdated security policies are among problems identified at Ohio’s highest-security prisons following a brutal attack on a CO
The costs come as the state struggles to find and retain qualified nurses to care for the aging prison population
Frustrated lawmakers are quizzing officials and advocates for mentally ill inmates on the potential costs of improvements to behavioral health care in the DOC
An ex-inmate alleged that most of her colon had to be removed after prison officials and the state’s health care provider ignored her requests for medication
The watchdog report also echoes cries for a comprehensive review of the state systems that have filled the prison with young people battling mental illnesses
The number of senior citizens behind bars is exploding, costing New York State taxpayers up to $240,000 a year for prisoners with serious medical needs
An increase of inmate hospital stays has Cambria County Prison corrections officers working numerous overtime shifts
Until more elderly prisoners are discharged, correctional facilities will be forced to spend more resources on serving this aging population
At least a quarter of the people in U.S. prisons and jails are addicted to opioids
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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
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