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16 Sep 2022, 6:53 am
A handful of companies have cornered the correctional health care business: Corizon Health Inc., Wellpath Holdings Inc., NaphCare Inc., PrimeCare Medical Inc. and Armor Correctional Health Services Inc. [read post]
11 Feb 2022, 9:03 pm
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) oversees the provision of medical, dental, and mental health services in federal prisons. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 4:56 am
Various companies (and UTMB, for that matter) want the hospital contract, which is more lucrative, but nobody really wants to contract for clinic-level care unless the Lege ponies up more money.Bottom line: The Lege this year cut the prison health budget but failed to reduce incarceration levels, meaning demand for services wasn't commensurately cut. [read post]
30 May 2011, 7:39 am
But Texas is setting itself up for the same type of situation with recently announced cuts to the prison health budget. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 8:00 am
Todd Wilcox, a physician who reviewed Jordan’s case, the 67-year-old might have survived if he had received competent treatment by the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) and its private, for-profit health care contractor, Corizon Health. [read post]
13 Sep 2007, 9:49 am
The impact of understaffing problems on health care for kids incarcerated in Texas youth prisons was described to agency officials and the Texas Legislature this spring in a detailed spot-analysis by the American Correctional Association.I just received a copy of the report evaluating Texas Youth Commission health services by the ACA on April 30, 2007, in response to an open record request. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 6:54 am
As a result, the mental health care system suffered layoffs along with the rest of the prison health care services. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 7:06 am
The CRPD stated that Argentina is obliged to not only correct the current situation but also to prevent similar violations by ensuring prisoners are able to have sufficient and reasonable adjustments, access to prison facilities and access to health care.... [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:45 am
Color me unimpressed with the makeup of the new "task force" on Texas prisoners' mental health ("Texas selected for study of mental health illnesses in state prisons," Feb. 19). [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 3:26 pm
All told, mental health funding appears to be a likely first choice for the chopping block across the board.On the corrections budget, I'm reasonably confident it's possible to cut costs safely if the state closes prisons and sustains or preferably doubles down on diversion and community supervision funding. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 12:30 pm
A man filed a federal lawsuit last week alleging medical providers at a Maryland prison failed to properly document and treat his hepatitis C, leading to long-term health complications. [read post]
30 May 2013, 7:34 am
The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), which ultimately bears responsibility, has known about these conditions for years but failed to protect the health and safety of prisoners. [read post]
9 Sep 2022, 4:00 am
Professional organizations, including the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), the American Correctional Association, and the American Bar Association, have issued voluntary standards and guidelines. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 6:45 am
This must change, and we’re filing a class action lawsuit against the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services on behalf of all the men, women and youth behind bars to reform these conditions. [read post]
19 Apr 2021, 8:14 am
Suppression Of The Evidence Kusi alone asserted this challenge and based her argument on the notion that the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas was “not competent to issue [disclosure] orders” under the Public Health Service Acts. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am
The Texas House Corrections Committee this week put out its interim report (pdf) covering the following topics:Oversight of TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and TJJDReview of mental health services in the justice systemEvaluate 'pay for performance' model for privatizing juvenile justiceSchool discipline and the criminal justice systemThere's a decent overview of operations of monitored agencies, including a good discussion of administrative… [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 12:45 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR). [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 8:53 am
Private, for-profit contractors MTC and Health Assurance operate the prison and provide health care services, respectively, but it is MDOC that is responsible for ensuring that conditions of confinement meet Constitutional standards. [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 11:59 am
David Calendar and Owen Murray, VP of Offender Health Services. [read post]
1 May 2011, 4:16 pm
And other firms have expressed an interest in contracting to provide medical, dental and mental-health care at some or all of Texas' prisons. [read post]
