Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said the wristbands act as a means to quickly respond to inmate medical emergencies
There are some key steps correctional officers can take to prepare for a safe and effective response to a prison escape
When facing emergencies, correctional officers must be ready and trained to deliver a measured, systematic response
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An Iowa jail inmate at a Mason City hospital has been accused of hurting a corrections officer and nurse while trying to escape
Staff at the facility are on edge after incidents of inmate-on-guard violence on three consecutive days last month
Police and corrections personnel are now discovering what athletes have known for some time — the benefit of kinesiology taping
Proven technology adapted to security imaging in a corrections enviornment
Prisoners have a constitutional right to adequate health care, and since 2009, surgeons at the VCU Medical Center have twice implanted the LVAD in the inmate's chest
Until correctional administrators can guarantee a totally drug-free environment, they need to manage the risk of infections caused by inmate access to needles
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Population is aging in Japan faster than anywhere else, and with that has come an even sharper rise in elderly inmates.
Suit claims sheriff ignored inmate's pleas for help from heroin withdrawal
A judge threw out the results which registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.15 percent
SPCR.comToday, California spends $1 billion more on medical care for inmates than it did in 2005 when a federal judge found that care so flawed that he seized control of the system and appointed a ...
CBC NewsA report on drug use in prisons urges the federal government to set up needle exchange programs for inmates.Rates of HIV and hepatitis C infections in prison are 10 to 20 times higher than ...
Seizure management can be difficult in the correctional setting, due in part to the concern that an inmate may be fabricating a seizure history or seizure activity in order to obtain perks or desir...
This video shows Appleton, Wis. police responding to an excited delirium situation last June, providing interesting perspective into the nature of an inflicted subject.“Excited delirium is a medica...
By Stephanie ChenCNN.com HARDWICK, Ga. — White fuzz covers his bald head. His sallow skin sags. A wheelchair and cane support limp legs.This is not the typical image of a prison inmate. But 73-year...
California HealthlineOn Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) offered federal judges a new plan to reduce California's prison population by about 40,000 inmates over the next two years, the San ...
By Steven BarrieThe Press EnterpriseINDIO, Calif. — A quarantine has been placed on a housing unit at the Riverside County Jail in Indio because some inmates in the unit displayed flulike symptoms,...
Associated PressCINCINNATI — A fourth Ohio inmate has gotten a temporary stay of execution as state officials and defense lawyers continue to examine the state's lethal injection method.A federal j...
By Stephen MajorsAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio is considering injecting lethal drugs into inmates' bone marrow or muscles as an alternative to - or a backup for - the traditional intravenous...
By Randall HigginsChattanooga Times Free PressCLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Alabama company that provides health care at the Bradley County Justice Center unveiled an electronic records system Wednesday t...
By Luke WhyteAt this year’s ACA summer conference, all three speakers in workshop “Managing seasonal influenza in the correctional setting” said something about your grandmother.“It’s what grandma ...
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