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26 Apr 2022, 12:50 pm
“Ninth Circuit throws out vaccine mandate for California prison guards; The court overturned a judge’s finding that the state’s vaccination policy for prison staff amounted to deliberate indifference to inmates’ health”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report on an unpublished opinion that the U.S. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 6:46 am
Part two focuses more on the politics and history of how we reached this sorry state and also contains some interesting interviews with volunteers from our friends at Restorative Justice Ministries as they greeted prisoners fresh out of lockup in Huntsville.An excellent point raised by Rushing is the near-complete lack of discussion about providing mental health services in the ongoing national healthcare debate. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 8:28 am
Pregerson sentenced a registered nurse, Hee (“Angela”) Jung Mun, who operated GreatCare Home Health, Inc., a home health agency to 57 months in federal prison. [read post]
19 Oct 2021, 9:03 pm
The Bureau of Prisons provides health and safety requirements for incarcerated workers in federal prisons through its occupational health and safety program. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 7:50 am
In many cases, current policies fail to address the most basic reproductive health services, such as pregnancy testing, prenatal care, screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, and access to abortion services. [read post]
14 Aug 2013, 8:53 am
Although water service was restored July 28, boil-water notices issued by the State Department of Health Services remained in effect, and the water supply was not approved for drinking until Aug. 2, officials said. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 8:20 am
The issue of prisoner suicide and the larger issue of inmate mental health has been the focus of a number of studies since the 1960’s, by international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and by national bodies, in Canada, Correctional Service Canada. [read post]
15 Aug 2018, 3:30 am
For example, Critical Resistance member Angela Davis says of the 1980s mass incarceration boom, [A]s the U.S. prison system expanded, so did corporate involvement in construction, provision of goods and services, and use of prison labor. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 12:27 pm
Transfer severely and/or chronically mentally ill prisoners to state agencies responsible for mental health treatment. [read post]
Recapping some recent notable reports on prison realities and more from the Prison Policy Initiative
21 Aug 2023, 11:04 am
We break down the rates of HIV in all 50 state prison systems, exploring the root causes of this health disparity. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 10:00 am
An article in the Daytona Beach News Journal states that he is facing a penalty of 30 years in federal prison. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 9:00 am
On July 18, Divyesh Patel, owner of Alpine Nursing Care Inc. in North Randall, Ohio, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 6:09 am
" By contrast, when similar numbers are calculated in the adult system, they only include diagnoses for the three categories of severe mental illness prioritized by the Department of State Health Services - major depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 7:34 am
After the service, Francis personally greeted all 46 persons incarcerated in the facility. [read post]
6 Sep 2014, 6:53 am
The health service issued a cease order demanding that they stop all work involving asbestos. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 10:45 am
Instead I was deprived basic care and necessary services, which put my health at risk and caused me great harm. [read post]
9 Sep 2022, 4:00 am
” But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) do much more than simply administer financial payments for services. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 12:12 pm
But public and correctional health experts agree that this fear is totally unfounded, and there is no medical basis for segregating prisoners with HIV within correctional facilities. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 4:36 pm
In a separate case that led to these two guilty pleas, the owner/operators of Caring Nurse Home Health Care Corp. and Good Quality Home Health Care, Inc. were sentenced to serve 9 years, and a little over 4 years in prison. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 12:46 pm
Palomino was sentenced to over six years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for her role in the health care fraud scheme. [read post]
