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                                    Correctional Healthcare

      

                    
          
    Correctional Healthcare
With the rates of incarceration skyrocketing, the need for effective and more efficient correctional healthcare services has skyrocketed. Many health problems that plague our society plague the corrections industry at an even greater rate; increasing demand for healthcare services for the mentally ill, substance abuse, suicide prevention, and care for the elderly to name a few... are placing greater and greater demands on an already overworked system. The NIC Information Center has collected a number of resources to provide an overview of the issues surrounding correctional healthcare.

Please visit our Health Reform and Public Safety microsite to continue researching this topic.

A special thanks goes to Jefferson County Sheriff's Office of Colorado for the photograph.

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          Hot Topic: Co-Occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
          Hot Topic: Where can I find guidelines for infectious disease management in prisons?
          Hot Topic: Correctional Health Care Costs
          Impact of COVID-19 on State and Federal Prisons, March 2020–February 2021 (2022)
          Jails in Indian Country, 2021, and the Impact of COVID-19, July–December 2020 (2022)
          NIC training: Executive Manager in Correctional Health Care
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          Effects of COVID-19 on Prison Operations
          National Study of Jail Suicide: 20 Years Later
          Correctional Health Care: Addressing the Needs of Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Terminally Ill Inmates
          Correctional Health Care: Guidelines for the Management of an Adequate Delivery System

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          Health Reform and Public Safety
            New Opportunities, Better Outcomes

Research shows that there are a disproportionate number of justice involved individuals suffering from chronic illness and/ or mental health and substance abuse disorders. There is now an opportunity to enhance collaboration between the criminal justice/corrections and healthcare systems.

Learn more about health reform

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The following grey bars are accordions that can be expanded to show a list of "top-shelf" resources that have been hand-picked by our library team around this topic. If you would like additional research assistance on this topic, please contact our help desk. They have access to specialized databases and thousands of resources you won't find online. Click on a grey box below to browse resources in that section.
            
      Accordion    Organizations
      
      BOP Health Management Resources
              Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS)
              National Commission on Correctional Health Care
              Accordion    Impacts and Effects
      
      Health Care after Incarceration (2018)
              Mass Incarceration Threatens Health Equity in America (2018)
              Accordion    Research and Reports
      
      Hepatitis C elimination among people incarcerated in prisons: challenges and recommendations for action within a health systems framework (2021)
              Jails: Inadvertent Health Care Providers (2018)
              Pharmaceuticals in State Prisons: How departments of corrections purchase, use, and monitor prescription drugs (2017)
              Identifying High-Priority Needs to Reduce Mortality in Correctional Facilities (2017)
              Using Jail to Enroll Low-Income Men in Medicaid (2016)
              Accordion    Technology
      
      Using Telehealth for Behavioral Health in the Criminal Justice System (2020)
              Turning to telemedicine for prisoners' mental health treatment (2018)
              Accordion    Women's Health
      
      NCCHC - Pregnancy and Postpartum Care in Correctional Settings (2018)

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