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.
Correctional Officer Becky Swendsen and Baxter are now a therapy dog team, available to offer support to MDOC staff
There is more than one way to decrease the number of people dying from fentanyl — fentanyl test strips are one of the options to be able to do this
In a concise one-hour course, participants will learn three essential steps to control bleeding
Request is part of the DOC’s response to a long-running federal lawsuit over the treatment of mentally ill inmates
CPR is a simple and lifesaving skill that anyone can learn
Here are brief accounts, based on the city and state documents, of some of those cases
Concern over world news is normal but fear that causes us to freeze up needs to be put in check
Knowing how to perform the Heimlich maneuver correctly is a life-saving skill
A Pa. man says he assaulted his dentist with a tire iron because he couldn’t afford dental treatment and knew he’d get it in prison
33K inmates filed lawsuit after complaining their cancer went undetected, or were told to pray to be cured after begging for treatment
Inmate says he needs the device for his pain, DOC says he needs medication and exercise
Department of Corrections chief thought it couldn’t be treated until AIDS symptoms developed
Says he is permanently restricted to a wheelchair because doctors working with the jail refused to clear him for a back surgery after his arrest
Full bill was $900,000 and the county will foot $284,000 of the cost
Monet will be used to identify offenders with traumatic brain injuries and help them avoid a return to prison
Just months after all medical care in state prisons was privatized, the count of inmate deaths spiked to a 10-year high
Correctional Medical Care has agreed to pay restitution and penalties totally $200,000 in connection with a state probe of its business practices
Three inmates from the Two Bridges Regional Jail were indicted for trafficking contraband inside the prison by ‘cheeking’ their medication
Lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that Correctional Healthcare Companies failed to properly provide medical treatment to James Neisler
U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward B. Atkins on Friday rejected 57-year-old Robert Foley’s claims that state sabotaged the attempts to find a hospital and surgeon
A new analysis shows that the influx of inmates into county jails is raising the cost of health care within those facilities
A man currently serving time for the attempted assault of an officer is seeking $5 million for being injured during that same assault
State police concluded Thursday that no criminal charges should be filed
A federal magistrate doesn’t believe that making the surveillance video of a county inmate’s death will compromise the jail’s security
New report points to health problems experienced by inmates after arriving at the prison
A threat of a hunger strike to begin Monday at Northumberland County Prison has jail officials taking a wait-and-see approach
State leaders ‘appalled’ by report of drug prescriptions to juveniles in Colo. correction facilities
Juveniles in the state’s correctional facilities have been prescribed psychotropic and other medications without proper parental consent
Patrick Hamlow, 54, uses a wheelchair to get around his Kalihi apartment because he lost both legs
County Board has turned down Sheriff Dave Drew twice in the request to spend $210,000 for more nurses
In the past decade, the number of S.C. inmates age 55 and older has more than doubled
Understaffed and overburdened, the nurses requested 2 more staff members
Said he had ingested C-4, causing hospital evacuation
Max Soffar’s attorneys filed a petition this week to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles