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
Nurse Jacque Biegajski jumped into action when the inmate collapsed from an asthma attack
Hillsborough County sheriff’s are deciding which company to pick to treat sick and injured jail inmates
The inmate has not clarified why she requires one
Files of at least 40,000 former prisoners crowd nearly a mile of shelf space in a Salem warehouse
An initial investigation revealed policy and procedure were not followed in the event of the stabbing
Staff at the Cook County jail had to get creative to stop an inmate, diagnosed with severe schizophrenia, from gouging out his own eyes
A Maine State Prison inmate has been on a hunger strike for one month while protesting his living conditions there
Denied a request from a dying Roman Catholic priest who was convicted of killing a nun in 1980
Erick Fontain Thomas was left writhing on his prison cell floor for hours, resulting in permanent neurological damage
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Applied a tourniquet to inmate’s leg to control bleeding after inmate injured himself
Lawsuit alleges prison officials allowed him to suffer for more than a week before sending him to a doctor
Worst case scenario would be bacterial meningitis
Daughter of inmate claims that officials’ mishandling of mentally ill inmates allowed for her father to be killed by his cellmate
Each year, according to federal estimates, one out of seven Americans with HIV passes through a correctional facility
Found that inmate became unruly when he entered the facility and that staff followed all policies
Would cost taxpayers $2.6M yearly
The long story of how one county came to pay for a federal inmate’s medical bills is baffling
Some legislators are questioning why how she died and why she was in jail in the first place
Following the discovery of an infected inmate, 381 other Pendleton Correctional Facility inmates were tested for TB
Four Berks County juvenile probation drug-and-alcohol specialists work around the clock meeting with juveniles and their families to help them stay clean and sober
State officials say a central Indiana prison inmate has been moved to an isolation ward in another prison after testing positive for active tuberculosis
Says jail has become dumping ground for people who need mental health care
While only one prisoner is affected, prison officials treated all of the inmates in that cellblock as a precaution
State legislature has approved a pilot program that requires Kentucky to parole some infirm inmates to private nursing homes where the federal government, through Medicaid, would pay most of the medical bills
Virgil Suggs is scheduled to go on trial this week for allegedly gunning down a woman in October 2012 while she sat in a parked car in Newark
Inmate strangled prisoner with a shoelace after discovering that he had molested a child
As the county overhauls how it handles extended sick time, administrators will be taking a closer look at employees
The emergency response team was doing a building clearing exercise when he collapsed
A Jacksonville lawmaker is working to keep state officials from spending millions on a new drug for hepatitis C-infected prisoners that is significantly more costly than existing treatments
