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.
Alabama prison inmates are about three times as likely as other residents to have HIV, according to a new report
The review found that New York’s workers’ compensation benefits may be contributing to staffing shortages at state prisons
Correctional officers attempted to interrupt a brawl between multiple inmates at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center
The stipulated agreement reached with DeWine’s office requires continued collaboration with the Justice and Policy Center for two more years to monitor medical policies and procedures
While there are laws in place that allow that to happen, some justice advocates claim it’s not happening often enough
Also called on the company to fix staffing problems, properly distribute and document medication for inmates, show a sense of urgency and communicate better with the state when problems occur
The state Department of Correction said that it believes the medical care Michelle Kosilek is receiving is adequate
Lawsuit seeks prison needle exchange program
Err on the side of caution when dealing with a pregnant inmate potentially in labor
Eleven inmates in the Westchester County jail in Valhalla say in a federal civil rights lawsuit that they are losing their teeth and suffering pain because they aren’t allowed dental floss
Privatization of inmate health care has a controversial and unsuccessful history in Florida
The state prison is in its third year of a program that allows prisoners who are trained in hospice care to tend to terminally ill prisoners near the end of their lives
Excessive shackling could not only increase stress and lead to further complications, but also render doctors unable to treat women in emergency situations
On Aug. 1, inmates began having to pay a $5 copayment whenever they required medical treatment
Judge says conditions have improved in the seven years since the suit was filed
The Human Rights Watch calls the aging inmate population a “silver tsunami” because of the hard-hitting impact aging inmates are likely to have on state budgets within the coming decade
The state’s prisoner realignment has sent thousands of newly convicted inmates, probation violators and newly released ex-prisoners into county jails
Inmate, 17, was moved from Fulton lockup
County jails can set their own policies. Prenatal, emergency, shackling guidelines cover a wide range
A recent study raises concern over the inappropriate use of antibiotic ointments by a growing number of prisoners
The prisoners filed the complaint in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville against several prison officials
The woman delivered her baby in a bathroom after complaining of severe cramping
From a lipstick blotted tissue to a metal can lid, everything is for sale inside a prison
The healthcare ethical code requires not only not doing harm, but also focusing on what is best for the medical and mental health of the patient
Ohio’s prison system spends $210 million to $223 million a year on medical care
Kentucky COs weighed medical, security and political concerns while unsuccessfully planning a $56,000 hip replacement surgery for a death row inmate
An inmate at the Maine State Prison likely died from the flu, a disease that most prisoners are not given vaccinations for
The corrections community is coming to terms with the need to address growing numbers of inmates with dementia
The board has voted unanimously to require a $20 copayment for each visit to the jail physician
A concerted, multi-disciplinary response to self-injury behavior in the correctional setting is needed
Carlos Umana withered from 175 pounds when he was booked into jail to just 77 pounds when the 19-year-old inmate died four months later after a prolonged hunger strike
California committed to spending $750 million to upgrade existing medical facilities, building a new $906 million medical center and converting juvenile lockups at a cost of $817 million
Figures from 2010 show that 8 percent of the prison population — 124,400 inmates — was 55 or older