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 hope is with the continued treatment behind bars at Middleton Jail, inmates won’t want to seek drugs when they are released
Richmond Lenox EMS states that the state corrections department’s former healthcare provider owes $134,000
The change would make Kentucky one of five states in the U.S. to offer state prisoners Medicaid coverage beginning 60 days before their release
Though some prisons used telemedicine as early as the 1980s, its use has dramatically increased with technology
The state closed its large, long-term psychiatric hospitals but filled its prisons with a similar population
Jason Alexander pleaded guilty Tuesday to promoting a sexual performance by a child
The convicted murderer grabbed national headlines in 2014 after the state blocked him from donating his kidney
The proposal would allow copayments of up to $10 for every self-initiated, non-emergency visit
What can we do if we find ourselves stressed out?
Police say it was a scheme to obtain prescription narcotics, synthetic marijuana, tobacco and pornography
Whether a fight in the yard, a fall down the steps in the tiers, or a take-down that gets out of hand, blunt trauma is a common emergency situation in a correctional facility
The incident is under investigation by the state police and the sheriff’s department
All three deaths are the subject of lawsuits filed last year against the detention center
Should inmates be trusted to watch other inmates on suicide watch? If so, what’s next?
High blood pressure and a history of stimulant drug use contributed to his death
Administering naloxone reverses effects of opiate overdose
The inmate alleged that he soiled himself and was ridiculed
Participants agree to a two-year diversion program that focuses on treatment and recovery instead of jail time
All the detainees resumed eating voluntarily
Right now, those who are accepted into the program are assigned a probation officer
The sheriff’s office had Narcan for years, but it was only available to jail nurses so they could administer it
A dizzying array of revelations has called into question just who is telling the truth and who is lying
The question of how active addictions are treated at the prison went unanswered by a panel of community leaders
New proposal would save the state $156M in mental health, prisoner health, and indigent care costs
County officials, however, maintain they were already working on jail improvements well before inmate’s death
The contract is the first real promise that county officials have seen for putting the minimum-security jail to good use
The unsavory version of meatloaf comes in various recipes
The inmate had been suffering from severe chronic pulmonary disease
Department of Justice has been investigating a range of alleged crimes at the facility
Inmates argued that the secrecy law is unconstitutional because they want information on the drugs’ makers and suppliers
Supervisors chose to contract with MEND because they believed the company’s expanded services were worth the additional cost
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle will get the two additional nurses he has sought for his jail staff, under a tentative budget decision
The Michigan Department of Corrections estimates that the bill could affect 60 to 100 inmates
