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16 Jan 2024, 1:52 pm
Exemptions to the curfew include health services, public security forces and essential emergency workers. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 10:45 am
Eighty-four percent of respondents said that people with mental health disabilities belong in mental health programs instead of prison. [read post]
25 May 2020, 9:01 pm
It held that the health care system in California’s prisons was woefully inadequate and unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 8:24 am
New recordkeeping requirements in G.S. 162-39(b1) appear to be directed at keeping track of inmates transferred to prison for medical/mental health safekeeping (for example, the date the initial transfer was ordered, the date the prisoner received health services, a list of all health services, and the date the prison system determined that the prisoner no longer needs health services in prison). [read post]
5 Nov 2015, 6:01 am
Isolation can have negative consequences on the health, well-being and future prospects of prisoners subjected to it. [read post]
18 Apr 2023, 4:02 pm
The application of violence, not dangerous for the convict’s life and health, or the threat of the application of violence with respect to him in order to prevent the convict’s reformation or by way of revenge for his rendering assistance to the administration of the institution or of the body of the criminal-executive system… shall be punished by the deprivation of freedom for a term of up to five years. [read post]
3 Dec 2019, 11:12 am
See the Texas Observer's coverage.Older, sicker prisoners driving Texas prison health care costsIncreased medical costs for older inmates is among the biggest reasons Texas prison budgets have never gone down despite closing eight units over the last decade, the Texas Tribune reported before the holiday.The state spent over $750 million on prison health care during the 2019 fiscal year, a 53% increase from seven years earlier, when that… [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:16 pm
Kenneth Shine, executive vice chancellor for health services for the UT System, and Dr. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 11:45 am
Too many physicians still believe that federal and state fraud authorities are only interested in large health systems and pharmaceutical companies. [read post]
18 Dec 2011, 6:28 am
"Stewart is the longest-serving inmate among the 155,000 prisoners in the Texas system, though it's unclear if he is the nation's longest-serving inmate now or ever. [read post]
2 Sep 2018, 10:30 am
Vilasini Ganesh was sentenced to 63 months in prison for health care fraud and making false statements related to a health care benefits program. [read post]
23 Aug 2014, 3:45 am
Inmates leaving prison "don’t know how to find health insurance or medical care. [read post]
26 Aug 2007, 7:35 pm
This great piece, called "Using Muscle to Improve Health Care for Prisoners" is a look at Robert Sillen, the man appointed by a Federal Court in California to deal with the prison health care crisis in the state. [read post]
7 Nov 2010, 10:25 am
Medium security prisons have double fences with electronic detection systems such as motion detectors, surveillance, and infrared cameras. [read post]
25 Nov 2007, 11:43 pm
(I don't know comparable figures on the juvie side, but thirty percent of adult Texas prison inmates are former clients of the state's indigent mental health system.)Here are some of the highlights of Jacob's article, but really you should go read the whole thing:A 1995 study called schools the de facto mental health system for children and adolescents. [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 9:22 pm
Public safety, among other things, means that we have safe roads on which to drive, safe schools where our children actually learn things and a robust system that protects and improves the health of our citizens. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 9:53 am
Rather than sending the individual to prison, the Texas legal system seeks to help these individuals find the appropriate treatment for their mental state. [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 2:19 pm
Addressing COVID-19 in the criminal legal system would not only protect individual health, but would also protect Black people and communities of color that have been harmed more by COVID-19, as well as the public health of communities that host carceral facilities nationwide. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 4:30 am
Times Magazine took a close look at our prison system and it isn't pretty. [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 5:45 am
Thirty percent of Texas prison inmates are past clients of the mental health system, the number of sick, elderly inmates is rising, and more inmates die in Texas prisons than in California - about 2,000 over one recent four year stretch.All this happened because California's Legislature refused to pay for an adequate health system. [read post]
