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.
These devices allow for the collection of essential health data without the constraints of in-person visits, ensuring an efficient and timely response to inmate medical needs
The Georgia DOC has awarded a $2.4 billion contract for healthcare in the prison system to a new company without the competitive process legally required, a lawsuit alleges
An audit request suggested it costs California up to three times more for contracted medical staff compared to using state employees
Robin Yanda, 25, was arrested on seven counts of smuggling contraband into a detention facility
Inmates claim they were denied access because of “deliberate indifference to their serious medical needs”
The grant will pay for the administration of naltrexone, commonly known as Vivitrol
There’s a lot of overlap between prison and jail medicine, but here are a few (generalized) differences between the two
Officials spend $1M on medical care for jailed Chicago teen
County is considering bringing health care in house
A scathing new report by court-approved researchers paints a bleak picture of medical care in Illinois prisons
The role and authority of a safety officer is to observe and intervene when they see unacceptable risk to the patient or caregivers
Your partner has been stabbed, and medical is still a few minutes out; do you know what to do?
Inmates came down with some type of gastrointestinal illness
Sgt. James Brown died while in custody for a two-day DWI sentence
70-year-old man will serve time for rear-ending a woman’s jeep, causing it to explode in flames
Corizon Health Inc., whose three-year, $126 million contract expires Dec. 31, received an overall rating of “fair” in 2014 for the second straight year
Correct Care Solutions paid $1.35M to Richard Sweeper III, now 55, “an incapacitated adult”
His family accuses correctional staff of acting with “deliberate indifference” to Kenneth Dalstra’s health and safety
As a start, de Blasio’s administration wants to add over $54 million in mental health programs next fiscal year
Michelle Kosilek has been in a 13-year dispute with the MDOC over her medical care
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Two bills put the inmate’s family $4,000 in the hole
18 current and former San Juan County Adult Detention Center inmates filed a complaint
State could save $2 million over the next three years by choosing a new private contractor to provide health care for inmates
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Keep yourself safe: Setting boundaries with inmates
Establishing a personal relationship with an inmate is inappropriate, at best; it can be dangerous and illegal as well
A dialysis technician forgot about an appointment at Utah’s prison
Treating all chronically ill inmates would double the state’s $19.3 million prison health budget
“This is an obvious attempt to take advantage of the system to get early release,” Sheriff Dane Howard said
Do you know the best methods involved with preventing or ending an infection in your facility? Brush up with these tips
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Mentally ill inmates who act out can get counseling instead of being automatically sent to isolation cells or kept in prison longer
Physician was hired after lawsuits over four New York hospital deaths, state probation
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