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.
With more being asked of these facilities, they need additional solutions
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With overdose deaths a leading cause of jail fatalities, California is expanding access to buprenorphine and other treatments under a new Medi-Cal initiative
The Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility has been the subject of a lawsuit by several disabled inmates
The settlement comes less than a year after WADOC agreed to pay $3.25M, and admitted negligence, in the death of another inmate due to improper medical care
Inmates sued Dr. Robert Karas, along with Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder, for treating them with the controversial drug last month
Kelly Boswell intervened “without hesitation” when an inmate assaulted 2 COs in an escape attempt, the sheriff’s office said
In a scathing report released Thursday, auditors said San Diego County jails are unsafe and their operations deficient
The person walked past armed security to gain access to the facility
Toward the end of the year, the medical unit was so short staffed the jail stopped accepting people arrested by police
“This is a critical outcome to be aware of as jails nationwide consider whether to offer this type of healthcare,” said the study’s lead author
Former jail nurse Polly Daniels Sheppard says she was always bothered by the lack of compassionate health workers behind bars
Kaczynski is serving life without the possibility of parole following his 1996 arrest
Throughout their partnership with a private healthcare provider, VADOC has faced criticism over the quality of health services
Reentry support in resource-strapped rural communities is critical for individuals to successfully transition from correctional settings to the community
The new settlement affirms these individuals’ right to medical devices they need as well as work and educational opportunities
The state’s decision affects incapacitated inmates who are deemed to still need some sort of supervision
While the state has protocols in place to screen and confiscate outgoing inmate mail, Multnomah County says their hands are tied
The portable BioFlash Biological Identifier can detect and identify the presence of low levels of aerosolized COVID-19 in any part of your facility
Jail chief Col. Temetris Atkins said his staff was “screaming for this type of program”
“A quick-thinking nurse brought him back,” said an inmate about one of the recent overdoses
“There are dozens of reasons to leave and very few to stay,” said Brian Dawe of One Voice United
“If an inmate would require medical attention en route to an emergency room at a hospital, the EMS ambulance crew is better prepared than my deputies” Westmoreland County Sheriff James Albert said
Sheriff Craig Owens said his office will be the first in the state of Georgia to implement this service
The Denver Sheriff Department hopes the new Crisis Response Team will minimize deputies’ workloads and provide better service to people in the jail
Attorneys argue the low-IQ inmate should have been given help understanding the prison paperwork that laid the groundwork for the planned lethal injection
The case comes after the Massachusetts State Police unsuccessfully sued Gov. Charlie Baker
The inmate, who is accused of assaulting police officers, has yet to receive treatment for a broken wrist sustained in May
“I don’t know how you can look at yourself in a mirror,” said Judge Patricia Cosgrove
No corrections officer or sheriff’s department employee who worked inside the jail wrote a letter on Ken Mills’ behalf
Rep. Steve Clouse said the plan would be a first step in correcting violence and abuse that has brought a federal lawsuit against the state
The order covers all 34 of California’s prisons, but allows for religious and medical exemptions
EMS crews are being left without DOC escorts to protect them when they enter the jails, the union says
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