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.
Correctional facilities should consider replacing Licensed Practical Nurses with Registered Nurses to improve patient outcomes and mitigate legal risks
Small sensors in cells can automatically alert staff to key changes
Five Somerset County Jail officers were applauded by commissioners for “quick, decisive” actions rendering aid during a midnight shift
“We are concerned for the interim sheriff’s health, wellbeing, and ability to perform his required duties”
Lawsuit contends the former warden was “grossly negligent” for not providing a safe work environment, sufficient staffing, or adequate safety protocols
This is the fourth time in 36 years that the death warrant for double murderer Gerald Pizzuto will expire
The wing was outfitted with $3.3M in security equipment, including 60 cameras, fences, barred windows and locks
12 to 14 new cells will be used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infections, or for any other medical reason requiring an inmate to be isolated
The revised and updated standards are up-to-date with best practices and knowledge gained over last seven years
“Assessment is not a one-time event, but a process that should be ongoing throughout the at-risk patient’s incarceration.”
The department will also examine jail conditions in several states to ensure there are no violations of the rights of people with mental illnesses
The county jail has been under pressure from the public for many years to provide better mental health services for inmates
The center found that in one unit every inmate had lice, scabies or both
The Cuyahoga County Diversion Center is for people exhibiting signs of mental illness or addiction who also are accused of committing non-violent crimes
The COs’ work got the man semi-conscious, but he was barely breathing and his lips had turned blue
Inmates claim ADOC has reduced their food and access to medicine, citing “worsening life-threatening conditions”
Tanya Suarez had sued the county alleging jail staff failed to protect her from harming herself after she was arrested
Armor Correctional Health Services Inc. was charged in 2018 with felony abuse of residents of a penal facility in the death of Terrill Thomas
Incident videos help responders identify the physical and behavioral cues of a severe behavioral emergency that may or may not have a criminal component
Corrections officers, our protectors, need your interest, research and compassion just as much as the infamous predators and anonymous inmates they protect us from
The 52 inmates who each sought a $1 million payment were among 77 prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison who had been given overdoses of the Pfizer vaccine by prison nursing staff
Since Jan. 1, nine inmates have died by suicide, with suspected staff shortages largely to blame
Suit alleges jail’s contracted medical provider said she was withdrawing from drugs, not in labor, and some jail staffers and medical staff laughed at her
Some jails have also increased the availability of Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses
A federal lawsuit alleged that county officers and supervisors shackled the woman’s wrists, ankles and waist during prenatal visits, and during labor and childbirth
Etowah County Detention Center often holds several pregnant and postpartum women in the jail under special bond conditions that require rehab and $10,000 cash
The man alleges he was seen by multiple medical and mental health providers who failed to notice his decomposing leg
Deputies took two hours to respond to the homeless woman’s call for help, then stopped at Starbucks on the way to the hospital; the woman lost the pregnancy
On Aug. 2, Hunt County Jail held 299 inmates - 156 of whom (52%) had been flagged with some form of mental illness
The board of supervisors wants to speed the process of filling more than 350 vacancies for deputies, nurses and mental health clinicians
Upholds 2020 ruling that the state’s use of midazolam in injections is constitutional and dismissed claims that less painful methods of execution are available
The vending machine – the first of its kind in the state – holds 54 boxes and is stocked by the detention center
Report highlighted shortcomings that ranged from the mistreatment of elderly inmates to a severe shortage of doctors and nurses and poor record keeping
