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.
One Davidson County inmate effectively performed the Heimlich maneuver, which cleared the obstruction and allowed the CO to breathe again
Dr. Anjali Niyogi, founder of the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions Clinic, knows the information about overdoses could save a life once the inmates reenter society
The Wayne County jail has agreed to implement processes for identifying people with disabilities when they arrive and programs to ensure access to treatment
The DOC said that Mumia Abu-Jamal will be treated with an antiviral medication that can cost $50K to $60K per patient
The measure prohibits the DOC from eliminating jobs of any state employees who provide prison health care services
Nurse Michelle Davenport believes state employees are in a position to better see to the health care prisoners receive
“There are a lot of jails that don’t have the mental health aspect five days a week — and we do”
Community paramedics placed within a correctional facility increase the level of services provided by the health care team and potentially reduce overall health care costs
The extra shift could cut down on the number of times the jail sends an inmate to the hospital
Current law allows registered nurses but not licensed vocational nurses to administer naloxone without getting permission from a doctor
The new policies are aimed at steering people with mental health issues toward treatment instead of jail
The findings reflect a trend in recent decades when Maine prisons and jails increasingly house mentally ill inmates who cannot find care in psychiatric facilities
William Morva killed a hospital security guard and sheriff’'s deputy during an escape that sparked a manhunt that shut down Virginia Tech’s campus
Omar Abdel-Rahman, convicted of plotting terror attacks in the U.S. in the ‘90s, died after suffering from diabetes and coronary artery disease
Nearly 65 percent of inmates meet medical criteria for substance use disorder, but 11 percent receive treatment while incarcerated
Officials say the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery has been moved to a women’s prison
The inmate attempted to write “God, please help me” on the jail walls in her own blood
Lawmakers say there is bipartisan support for reforming the state’s mental health care system and the way inmates receive treatment
Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo, whose reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s was one of the bloodiest in its history, died Saturday
Earlier trial testimony had shown that not all acutely suicidal inmates were under constant watch, even though that is a national standard
The grant will help create clinic and intake support teams to dually assist inmates with mental health needs and provide reinforcement to COs during peak incident times
The DA said the jail has a great in-house program and it is doing better than most county jails but there just aren’t enough beds
The case leads the state to become the first to set standards that will allow other transgender inmates to apply to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery
The judge dismissed the case because Kacey Lewis, who was representing himself, refused to participate in the trial
Both sides agree that steps to improve mental health care in jails would be expensive
They asked a judge to order the DOC to provide improved monitoring and assessment of prisoners on suicide watch
Attorneys say an inmate who killed himself received no counseling before taking his own life
The state has denied during the trial that Alabama inmates receive inadequate mental health treatment
The report said the jail is placing inmates with mental illnesses and disabilities in solitary confinement as a result of their disability
The former inmate said she told a CO her water broke but the officer laughed and ignored her
The family of Calvin Thomas, who died last year, filed a wrongful death suit claiming officials failed to provide vital medication for his sickle-cell disease
Proponents say Vivitrol could save money compared with the cost of locking up a drug offender — about $25,000 a year for each inmate at the Sheridan Correctional Center
COs see and deal with depression on a regular basis. It is important to have knowledge, resources and tools readily available
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