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6 Aug 2013, 8:31 am by Alex Vitrak
Unlike Colorado prison officials, he is used to working in a system that does not lock away its mentally ill prisoners in long-term solitary confinement. [read post]
30 May 2011, 7:39 am by Gritsforbreakfast
When the prison system runs out of money, it will have to find new sources of money or stop sending prisoners for care. [read post]
4 Jan 2016, 11:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas has implemented external oversight for the state's juvenile correctional system, but TDCJ continues to operate the largest prison system of any state without independent oversight.Texas must acknowledge its duty to protect the rights and well being of those under the supervision of its state agencies. [read post]
13 May 2010, 4:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
UTMB is now urging Texas to shift toward a single-payer style system for day-to-day care, to use the parlance of national health reform debates.MORE: From the Galveston Daily News. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 7:51 pm by Dennis Wilkins
I'm still a PD, but I now handle those defendants who have been found Not Guilty by Reason of Inasanity (NGI), and are being held within the web of the criminal mental health system. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 6:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"I don't doubt that mentally ill youth disproportionately end up in youth prisons and it wouldn't surprise me if the ratio is greater than in the adult system. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:45 am
Certainly Texas faces a mental health crisis in our corrections system (30% of Texas prison inmates are former clients of the state mental health system), but the folks put in charge of the effort lend little reason for confidence that their suggestions will adequately address the problem. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 11:29 am by Mike Scarcella
In sentencing Akhigbe to a term above the guidelines, Senior Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. of Brooklyn federal district court, sitting by designation, said fraud in the health care system contributes to the rising cost of care. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 7:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Or reduce the number of offenders for which the prison system must provide health care, especially aging long-timers but also targeting categories of nonviolent offenders for reduced penalties to lower the population across the board. [read post]
18 Feb 2008, 11:53 am
The state has hired teachers and medical and mental health staff, he said, but more staff is needed. [read post]
In Pennsylvania, thousands of woman cycle through the county jail system every year. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 8:22 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
Going forward, official public health guidance issued to and about prisons and jails should be worded in mandatory language. [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 2:54 pm
California Prison Reform: Inmates, IT and Health Care Inside California prisons, substandard medical care kills one inmate every six daysâ€â [read post]
8 Jul 2008, 2:38 pm
Source: Crime & Justice News "California's expanding prison population and the increasing average age of its inmates are key factors in the debate over whether the state should spend $7 billion to build medical units for a prison health care system that has been ruled unconstitutional, the Associated Press reports. [read post]
15 May 2023, 5:50 am by Bob Kraft
Health is Wealth Your client’s health should always be a top priority, and this is no exception even when they’re in prison. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 7:06 am
The prospect of multiple prison closings alarmed critics who say the system is already dangerously overburdened. [read post]