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
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
The system is struggling to deliver mental health services to inmates who need it because of persistent staffing shortages
Christopher Wallace, who had a severed esophagus from gunshot wounds, filed a lawsuit stating medical staff failed to provide required daily tube feedings
Corizon was criticized for not maintaining staff levels, keeping incomplete and inaccurate medical records and not providing inmates with required clinical care
The suit alleges that Michael A. Carter’s death was the result of medical malpractice and denial of medical care, as the defendants ‘improperly confiscated and withheld’ diabetic medication
Quincy Davis is suing Waller County jail for not providing medical care for infections that left him incontinent and unable to walk
Researchers have found showing inmates nature videos could be the solution to behavior problems
Jeremy de la Mater claims officials refused to provide him with dentures due to his short time in prison
The lawsuits against the former medical provider for Orange County Jail allege inmates medical needs were neglected while they were in jail custody
A former inmate is contending a doctor and two nurses tried to superglue a wound on his chin twice
The county joins a national trend of sending nonviolent offenders with serious mental illnesses to treatment rather than prison
A veteran could be eligible for a diversion program from the criminal justice system if they are first-time offenders in non-violent cases
Correction Officers have ¾’s disability pensions available to them if they become permanently disabled
New York’s maximum-security Bedford Hills Correctional Facility is one of the very few prisons in the U.S. that allow inmates and their babies to live together
The facility does not have an infirmary, and that medical emergencies are handled by the correctional staff
Michigan’s prisons hold about 9K prisoners who are at least age 50
Inmates have refused to work in protest of food quality
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