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.
Concerns regarding the policies came to light during an OIG investigation of two COs who allegedly failed to do mandatory SHU rounds during or around the time of an assault that resulted in an inmate’s death
The court was also highly critical of an alleged unwritten cost-cutting jail policy that caused delays in sending detainees to the hospital when necessary
The report identifies several operational and managerial deficiencies that created unsafe conditions before and at the time of a number of the deaths
A former correctional officer trained in CPR was in the right place at the right time when a cyclist collapsed to the ground and stopped breathing
Claimed doctor told him to “throw the detached portion of his finger into the garbage”
The reality is that incarceration is expensive. There is no denying that fact.
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The number of inmates over 50 has steadily increased inside Missouri prisons since 2004
A prison nursing supervisor fired after a mentally ill inmate died of dehydration last year will get her job back, a North Carolina judge ruled this week
Prison officials want to be able to save money by releasing inmates who require round-the-clock medical care or are otherwise incapacitated
Tuesday’s City Council oversight hearing follows a report by The Associated Press last year that raised serious questions about the medical care inmates received in at least 15 deaths
Used CPR and an AED to save a 27-year-old correctional officer having a sudden heart attack
Ashley Diamond is seeking a court order requiring prison officials to provide her with treatments for her disorder, among other demands
Christopher Spencer claims he lost all 10 toes and part of his left foot after deputies at the jail refused him medical attention
Reports surfaced in connection with a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former mental health care provider at the Idaho State Correctional Institution
Mark Traxler, 47, claims a jail employee and a nurse “approached him with a pair of dirty, rusty pliers”
DOC has admitted no wrongdoing to any of the accusations
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Electronic cigarettes, growing in popularity since their U.S. introduction about a decade ago, are showing up at jails in more than a dozen states
No officers have reported suffering any symptoms but staff is being closely monitored
Washington’s fourth active case of measles was confirmed last week
Cost difference between treating the inmates and letting them die in the ICU is “a compelling argument” for taxpayers
Florida’s prisons chief said Wednesday that she plans to renegotiate — or ultimately toss out — health care contracts worth $1.3 billion
Settlement over the death of an Oakland man who died after being beaten and Tased by Santa Rita Jail deputies requires better health care in Alameda County jails
State contract monitors and an oversight panel outlined several potential failings by two companies handling almost all inmate health care
Naloxone is an antidote for heroin overdoses
State agencies in New York paid $50 million extra in overtime last year
Staff cuts and higher demands for inmate care are stretching the Salinas Valley State Prison nursing staff thin
Naloxone (Narcan) has been a standard medication in use in emergency situations for over 40 years
One point this video drives home is that we must all watch out for each other