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.
“Given the current drug crisis facing our nation and county, the need for round-the-clock medical attention is more critical than ever,’’ Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith said
An inmate overpowered a CO, grabbed their pepper spray and advanced toward another officer, who then fatally shot the inmate, according to the GBI
A Vierno Center nurse said the staff, and the union, raise safety concerns on a regular basis and that short staffing remains a problem
Whether through prescription drug abuse or IV heroin, opiate addiction is at epidemic proportions
Inmates in the Albany County jail who have struggled to overcome heroin addiction will be the first to live in a special, intensive treatment unit
Follow expert recommendations for correctional officers to quickly care for rapid bleeding or airway obstruction
Inmates are experiencing mild diarrhea, and officials are working to determine the cause
Here are the answers to many questions you may have if an inmate ever asks or demands a copy of their medical records while incarcerated in your jail
Prison healthcare provider Corizon accused of skimping to save money
Officials: Co-pays were not cost effective and placed an undue burden on jail staff
Incident is another example of dysfunction in St. Louis County’s small jails and police departments
One inmate has figured out how he can somewhat control where he is housed; how would you handle this scenario before his behavior spreads and affects all inmates in the facility?
As heroin use rises across the U.S., jails are receiving more addicts
A Cincinnati-based prisoners’ rights group alleged inmate Gregory Stamper was in severe pain from damage to his nervous system but had been refused medication by Dr. Myron Shank to help ease the pain
Hundreds of inmates at a state prison in northern Arizona have gotten ill in the past 48 hours
Heroin use by young adults has more than doubled in the past decade as the drug became cheaper, more potent and readily available
Five of the inmates are being treated at hospitals outside the prison after tests confirmed the men had contracted the rare but severe type of bacterial pneumonia
About 45 San Quentin State Prison inmates are under observation for respiratory illness, although they also have not been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease
Officials have shut off water and attempt to track down the source of the bacteria that causes the disease
Joshua Dylan Anderson regularly ate food containers, his jail uniform and human waste while in custody, resulting in a bowel obstruction that took weeks to pass
Also looking at the procedures and practices of Georgia Correctional Health Care, the branch of the university that employs Nazaire and other prison medical personnel
Higher cost but more coverage, especially on weekends, and improved access to mental health care
Hastings leaders have vowed to help find workers to staff a proposed behavioral health treatment center for prison inmates, if it were placed in the south-central Nebraska city
It was unclear how the unnamed 63-year-old Rikers Island jail complex inmate, who had underlying health conditions, contracted the disease
California is first in the nation to agree to pay for a transgender inmate’s sex reassignment operation
Finding legal places to live for sex offenders, especially those who require medical treatment, is a growing problem nationally
A physician assistant and supervising nurse were fired and another nurse was demoted after an investigation into an inmate’s death
Three Jefferson County corrections officers are being credited with saving the life of a choking female inmate during breakfast on Monday morning
Middletown Town supervisor said a local resolution arguing against the shackling ban “made me sick to my stomach”
Terminally ill man’s family is fighting a 7-year prison sentence so he can spend his last days at home
Doctor linked to the questionable deaths of at least nine female inmates has been placed on administrative leave pending a review of his conduct
Complaint alleges Danielle Lawrence’s rights were violated when the jail did not treat her pneumonia, which worsened and brought about her death
A federal judge is considering a lawsuit filed by an Alabama inmate who wants out of jail temporarily so she can get an abortion