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.
Emails reveal that Wellpath’s trauma costs in Georgia were over double those in other states where it offers prison healthcare
The inmate fled the hospital; police tracked him to a nearby home where he was found deceased
Was unable to attend court due to medical problems, jailed anyway
Authorities said Thursday inmates reported a bad odor in the jail’s west block at 1:20 a.m. on Sunday
Lobbyist: “What kills us is when we get the $100,000, $200,000, $300,000 inmate”
Electronic cigarettes are powered by a small battery that heats a liquid to create a vapor users can inhale
“Giving men and women in prison the opportunity to earn a college degree costs our state less and benefits our society more”
Brad Coleman contends that constant concern about his older brother caused him to acquire PTSD
Was half-awake when a state victims services staffer called and told her: “Inmate Anderson was found dead in the cell.”
Proposed that appeals process of court decision that found grossly substandard conditions in DOC be halted
Deaf inmate was denied an American Sign Language interpreter and given menial jobs such as cleaning toilets
Former inmate received $130,000 settlement for being shackled before and after giving birth
Undersheriff JR Hall said that perhaps the best way to reduce the costs of health care at the jail is to reduce the number of inmates
Should Midland County spend an extra $55,000 on nursing care for the jail?
The state Department of Correction said it will request a hearing by the full 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Michelle Kosilek
Maryland delegates will hear testimony about a bill that would prevent the shackling of pregnant inmates in most circumstances, particularly during labor and delivery
A new bill is aimed at decreasing HIV transmission and other sexually transmitted infections
Quarantine will remain in effect through Jan. 29 for “precautionary reasons.”
Increasingly splashing health workers with water, urine and other bodily fluids, with such incidents nearly tripling during the last year
Nearly 900 inmates at the McPherson Unit near Newport were screened for influenza
Huge gaps remain in how Wisconsin treats people with mental illnesses who run afoul of the law
Washington Department of Corrections is currently undertaking several efforts to improve healthcare efficiency so it can operate with fewer people
Nurse may have contaminated insulin vials with a needle that she used to test several prisoners’ blood sugar
Claims brain cancer, begged President Obama for a pardon
The SC Department of Corrections intends to appeal the decision
Donates more than 2000 gift bags of toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss to inmates each year
Seeks to force the DOC to provide interpreter services for medical visits, video phones that allow deaf callers to see sign language and other hearing devices
Approved a one-year contract with a company that will come to the jail to do the x-rays
More than a dozen inmates of county facilities have killed themselves since ’09
Lied to officers that he had been the victim of a robbery and assault
In Virginia, a prisoner is far more likely to die behind bars than get released because he’s old and sick
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