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.
COs suffer from depression, PTSD and suicide at a higher rate than the average population; part of the revamp plan is to improve the prison staff’s experience
The number of those in jail who died from drug or alcohol intoxication increased nearly 400% from 2000 to 2019
The man serving a life sentence for a double murder admitted to an attack on COs that left one with a traumatic brain injury and broken ribs
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”
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton in Sacramento ruled that the state failed to prove that it is providing the level of care required by the U.S. Constitution
State has contracted with a private company to move severely ill prisoners
The state Corrections Department provides cross-gender hormones to only two of the nearly 25,000 inmates serving time in Oklahoma prisons
Sheriff hopes to win approval for Armor Correctional Services to take over the inmate medical job on a contract worth more than $16M a year
In short, he thinks the proposed nursing facility is a bad fit for the neighborhood and the town
A simplified and cheaper way to provide these services has come in the form of a partnership with the Bradley County Health Department
New court filings reveal that the state suppressed a report from its own consultant warning that California’s prison suicide-watch practices encouraged inmate deaths
Overpaid by 10 percent on more than $1M worth of claims
Cooked into the jail because he missed a court date while hospitalized
City officials plan to convert closed nursing home into a facility for elderly and otherwise infirmed prison inmates
Weeklong program teaches corrections officers to recognize the signs of mental illness and how to respond correctly
Official: “It is steadily coming down and will continue to come down over the coming months”
None of the doctors practice in the state
Claims he was held in solitary confinement, denied medical care and access to an interpreter and couldn’t communicate through sign-language because of the way he was handcuffed
A recurring comment: give her parole, and have her pay for her own surgery
Virginia inmate Ophelia De’lonta appears closer to getting a sex change — paid for by taxpayers
Jails and prisons, like schools and homeless shelters, need a solid plan for screening for and treating these tiny vampires
Gov. Brownback reallocates $10M for mental health initiative
Oscar Diaz-Hernandez is still charged with 11 felonies, five of which carry life sentences
A concoction including poultry, vegetables and beans, biscuit mix and something called “dairy blend,” Nutraloaf is served in jails and prisons across the country
Previously served 18 months in federal prison for threatening to kill former President George W. Bush in 2001
The county is required by law to provide medical and mental health services to the 1,450 inmates
315 total jobs are being eliminated
Now, before ink has touched paper, a councilman is asking why the city is still doing business with a questionable firm