Search for: "PRISON HEALTH SYSTEM"
Results 501 - 520
of 4,130
Sorted by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
3 Oct 2024, 1:04 pm
By the early 2010s, California’s prison system was overcrowded and it cost the state billions of dollars each year. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 11:28 am
The Texas prison system has placed about 1/3 of the inmate population on lockdown status, including denying them access to visitation and phone calls. [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 8:19 pm
It seems that a prisoner in Texas wishes to eat a vegan diet but the prison system will not let him. [read post]
4 May 2012, 6:10 pm
Prisoners with mental disabilities are treated inhumanely in most nations, both in correctional facilities and in forensic mental health facilities. [read post]
28 Aug 2020, 11:00 am
The blueprint is a program in Oregon that works inside the 911 system without police involvement. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 6:41 am
The New York Times reported this week (Oct. 20) that:Thousands of ... inmates in the Texas prison system have been eating fewer meals since April after officials stopped serving lunch on the weekends in some prisons as a way to cut food-service costs. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 3:01 pm
So, we don't send people who make math errors to prison. [read post]
23 May 2012, 1:05 pm
Our counterproductive drug policies have swept thousands of nonviolent drug offenders into the net of our criminal justice system. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 9:11 pm
The public subsidy system covers about forty-four percent of health care spending annually. [read post]
6 Apr 2013, 9:10 am
If one of the main purposes of the penal system is rehabilitation, and the effects of solitary confinement can wreak havoc on the mental health of prisoners, then the use of isolation as discipline really creates a system where prisoners end up becoming more dangerous to others and themselves. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 6:48 am
They often abuse drugs or alcohol, or they may have mental health issues.If they are simply dumped back into society when their sentences are up without sufficient preparation or oversight, they clearly stand a bigger chance of reoffending and returning to prison.The Texas prison system was hardly overfunded to begin with. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 4:50 am
Spurred by growing prison populations and high levels of recidivism, mental health courts number about 175 nationwide. [read post]
6 Aug 2020, 8:34 am
Our federal, state, and local probation and parole systems should act immediately to protect public health and safety and choose alternatives to unnecessary incarceration. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 7:00 am
Chapters include: A legal history of mental health and disability in the criminal justice system Overview of legal terms, concepts, developments, and considerations Criminal incompetency: pre-trial, trial, and post-trial Insanity and diminished culpability Dangerousness standards in the law, including death penalty Jails, prisons and secure "treatment" facilities: conditions of confinement and release Admissibility of expert evidence and testimony Mental… [read post]
13 Feb 2019, 6:08 am
If the alleged incident results in “serious bodily injury,” Unlicensed Practice of a Health Care Profession is upgraded to a second degree felony, with a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison and a $15,000 fine. [read post]
29 Mar 2009, 3:15 pm
It would create a bipartisan commission to study the criminal justice and prison systems for 18 months, after which it would make recommendations. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 7:46 am
Researchers believe that the failure to parole inmates is due to a lack of pressure in the system. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 6:38 pm
Thousands of doctors, including two who serve as experts for the Department of Homeland Security are calling for the release of immigration detainees to prevent a health catastrophe similar to what many in the criminal justice system are concerned about with regard to prisons and jails as described above. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 8:22 am
Solitary confinement can cause serious mental health problems in healthy adults – it is counter-therapeutic. [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 10:05 am
Department of Health and Human Services conducted a survey two years ago on national drug abuse. [read post]
