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26 Feb 2009, 8:59 am
Within 60 days of release from prison, just 30 percent of HIV-infected inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system filled a prescription for antiretroviral drug therapy, researchers report in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. [read post]
29 Dec 2006, 2:18 am
Larry Hauser, Chief of Psychiatry at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, told the Committee at a hearing thatProbably about 20 percent of the inmates in any given jail or prison are going to be mental health patients. [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 1:39 pm by Tilem & Associates
First, said the chief judge, evidence was clear that the defendant had issues with his own mental health. [read post]
5 May 2024, 7:40 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
United States Census: “The Justice Outcomes Explorer (JOE) is a Census Bureau experimental data product that measures the economic and health outcomes of people who have been involved with the criminal justice system. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 8:50 am
The truth of the matter is that mental health parity is an issue with which the nation's health care system continues to struggle. [read post]
20 Jun 2007, 5:39 pm
This is now the world's biggest system of what are effectively concentration camps, though most of these prisoners are behind masonry walls and inside prison buildings.For minorities, the statistics are even more brutal. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 8:28 am
Correction officers would stand a few feet from health providers and listen to conversations. [read post]
12 Jan 2013, 6:00 am
This is clearly outrageous conduct that justifies a state prison sentence. [read post]
10 Aug 2009, 10:04 am
As cash-starved states slash mental health programs in communities and schools, they are increasingly relying on the juvenile corrections system to handle a generation of young offenders with psychiatric disorders. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 9:30 am
We urge policymakers, legislators, advocates, and impacted community members to take a hard look at drug possession laws and push to keep this momentum moving in the right direction – toward a better, smarter justice system that lets health issues be treated like health issues, not crimes. [read post]
25 Aug 2018, 3:37 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Funding less than this level, which takes into account the rising costs of health care, could require elimination of services. [read post]
25 Aug 2018, 3:37 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Funding less than this level, which takes into account the rising costs of health care, could require elimination of services. [read post]
12 Jul 2016, 8:12 am by AWoog
And so we looked at issues of privatization of public health, privatization of utilities, and we came across this issue with the privatization of the criminal justice system. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 4:08 am by SHG
A prison sentence would send a message to Mr. [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 7:33 am by GGCSMB&R
The author also looks at the history of health services to jails and prisons from the 1970’s when wardens and sheriffs lacking medical expertise started to ask for the help of private medical providers until today when private companies have taken over most of the prison healthcare system and put profit over inmates health care. [read post]
8 Jun 2020, 2:34 pm by Michel-Adrien
"The article looks at the obligations to provide health services in correctional institutions, reports by the federal prisons ombudsman, the debate over early release of inmates during the pandemic, and current court challenges against the Canadian government's handling of the situation [read post]
26 Dec 2016, 11:42 am by Green and Associates
Iglehart was convicted by the jury of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of health care fraud and three counts of making false statements relating to health care matters. [read post]