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.
Corrections is an ever-changing industry, and those changes are most obvious when we look at legal trends
A state corrections spokesperson stated that staffing shortages are exacerbated by the remote locations of many state prisons, which are typically difficult to staff
The deal with a disability rights group, if approved by a judge, requires state prisons to have mental health and medical staff who specialize in gender-affirming care
Encouraging sleep in inmates creates a safer working environment
Corizon Inc. of Brentwood, Tenn., plans to start work Aug. 1
State prison inmates with serious physical or mental health problems will begin arriving in mid-July
Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard said it probably is the nation’s most state-of-the-art prison medical facility
Judge ordered as many as 3,250 inmates evacuated within 90 days, but he left it up to corrections officials to determine where they should go
Order gives the state seven days to begin the transfers and 90 days to complete them
U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II on Friday concluded that pursuing clemency from the state is not a proper use of federal funds
Senator: “I think it’s time to have a comprehensive discussion about ways we can lower our costs”
Nearly three-dozen inmate deaths and hundreds of hospitalizations have been blamed on the fungus that causes an illness known as valley fever
Vickie Alston’s instinct has always been to help those in need
Under a worst-case scenario, that means the county could lose up to $67,000, county officials said
The California Health Care Facility, Stockton, cost $900 million to build and is expected to eventually employ 2,400 people
Questions have been raised about the contract that would provide incarcerated felons medical services
Ramirez, 53, had been taken from San Quentin’s death row to a hospital where authorities said he died of liver failure
Ariel Castro, 52, has been taken off “suicide prevention” watch
Facility is being built on the grounds of the old CYA (California Youth Authority, now DJJ, Division of Juvenile Justice) property
Florida firm to get $8.9 million for one-year contract at jail
Saved more than $26 million last year
U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco should wait for the centers’ recommendations before enforcing an order last week by the federal official who controls prison medical care
Lori Hamilton says she received a letter from Jones last month she believes indicated he might try to take his own life
Since he is in federal custody, it’s unlikely Tsarnaev or his family will have to pay for his medical care
Rethinking the ‘gym’ concept of healthy exercise can open up avenues for low-risk and low-expense options
Is in secure housing where authorities can monitor him
Are you going to get up, dust yourself off, and reclaim what is rightfully yours?
Video shows medical staff refusing to see the inmate after he became unresponsive
Nine inmate deaths over a period of two years have caused some concern
“We spend a lot of time focusing on the mental health of our inmates, but not enough time focusing on the mental health of the people who are caring for them”