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.
Detectives suspect the man, who kicked and spit at guards, was “grooming” a nurse by exchanging letters with her
The blend of technology and education aims at equipping inmates with job-ready skills, amid ongoing 40% staff vacancy rate
Allegations made to the civilian oversight board include overflowing toilets, racial insensitivity and lack of sanitation gear for inmates
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
Nassau County Judge Francis Ricigliano received information Tuesday from the Long Island hospice that Diane McCloud could live another six months
Many of the program’s goals have been accomplished, judge says
Family says he shouldn’t have been allowed to play after being ill
Healthcare is now the most common legal issue raised by inmates
Man was found unresponsive in a jail cell after fighting with deputies over the weekend
Prior to the switch, the jail was spending about $200,000 annually purchasing loose pills in 30-day bottles
According to the lawsuit, inmates are regularly denied treatment for life-threatening illnesses, severe mental health symptoms and serious dental conditions
The San Jose Fire Department was summoned, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics
The actions taken in the first few minutes after a discovered hanging can be the difference between a hospital transfer and an in-custody death
State objects to the state’s exploring a plan to hire outside contractors for prison nursing and medical-record services
Samuel Gomez’s family said he is seriously ill and not receiving proper care at the prison in Chaparral, N.M., while awaiting trial on federal drug conspiracy charges
Wichita County jail administrators were quick to act Wednesday when they believed a small number of inmates were suffering from a contagious infection
Prison officials will begin transferring inmates to the new hospital in mid-November
Dennis Franklin Harkness had been held at the jail since Sept. 25 on a bench warrant for misdemeanor charges
Inmates can have functional disability that makes them vulnerable to perdition and injury
A series of bank robberies involving a woman wearing a variety ofwigs may be the work of a nurse employed at the Kootenai County Jail until last week
Find out why James Fox enjoys working with prisoners
The 14-page report found that the cutbacks have caused delays for inmates who need to see mental health specialists and receive medication
In the last decade, the number of inmates 55 and older has spiked as much as 8 percent each year
The death comes just two weeks after hospital workers held a protest demanding increased safety measures at the facility
A medical helicopter was called to the prison but later canceled when UFA arrived and treated the wounded inmate
Inmate swallowed bag full of unknown substance after fighting with corrections officers
Rising complaints about inadequate prisoner healthcare are exposing taxpayers to steep long-term costs
Hospital workers unnerved by inmates being uncuffed and dumped at the emergency room
Florida prison chief Edwin Buss says inmates hospitalized with smoking-related illnesses cost Florida taxpayers nearly $9 million last year
Within prison walls across Michigan, prescription medications designed to help inmates are actually hurting taxpayers
