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.
YesCare has successfully serviced Kentucky for more than 30 years; adds medical and behavioral healthcare service contract with Louisville Metro Department of Corrections increasing its scope in Bluegrass State
In an ideal future, every officer would be equipped with the tools to not just enforce the law but also protect life in its most vulnerable moments
“Clark County Jail Services wants to ensure anyone leaving the jail, as well as friends, family and community members, are easily able to procure naloxone to reduce death from opioid overdose,” Jail Services Director David Shook said
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
The governor said on Friday that too many inmates leave prison with serious mental health and addiction challenges
According to the release, more than 150 lives have been saved
Although the inmate claims the wound was an accident, officials suspect the man was assaulted by another inmate
People leave prison without access to healthcare they’re entitled to, jeopardizing their own health and the public’s
Nationwide, about 5.1M children have experienced parental incarceration
The attacked cellmate recounts being saved by CO who interfered
The prison’s health care company has raised concerns amidst a growing number of inmate lawsuits and other warnings
The case was one that pitted the prison’s need for safety against the inmate’s right to privacy
The officer was then taken to a medical facility to be treated for minor ankle injuries
Health inspector concluded the jail was not in compliance with state jail standards prior to infestation
The inmate’s erratic and aggressive behavior is so extreme that medical prison staff seek court order to forcibly medicate him
Lawyers allege that COs beat and taunted the inmate because of his terror conviction
Officials say people with mental illness are arrested more often and spend more time in jail than the general population
The residential substance abuse treatment unit will hold up to 28 inmates
Deputies found the man, cut the ligature and began resuscitation efforts after finding he had no pulse
A grand jury concluded that the death was the result of gross failures on the part of prison staff
Drinking water for inmates and staff has not been affected
The inmate was housed in an area where prisoners had to be monitored every half hour
The recidivism rate for people with mental illness is 85 percent
The inmate developed a severe infection on his forearm after receiving a tattoo from another inmate
Veteran CO transported to a medical facility for injuries after the attack
HIV treatment in many local prisons is often delayed, interrupted and/or denied altogether
They claim prison officials and co-workers labeled them ‘lazy’ or harassed them with derogatory names
The bill would give the wrongly convicted temporary access to state health insurance and transitional services
Justice of the Peace Rodney Burr gave authorities two weeks to move Wright to California
