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I am a correctional health care professional looking for information about real healthcare costs in jails with ADP 1500-2000 inmates. Why? I consult with a number of facilities regarding healthcare and the question, and in this day of ever increasing costs, I am frequently asked, "What is the average...

I'd be happy to send you a packet but it includes local resources and it was fairly easy to put together & includes approx. 10 pages, printed on both sides; shelters, mental health clinics, health care, as described in my post. I will need to mail it, or I might be able to upload the files, and...

Hello, I am an ex correction officer from Georgia and MIchigan. My pastor has put me in charge of forming our correctional outreach ministry. We are in the infant stages of forming the ministry and I am looking for training material to train our future volunteers on inmate manipulation and similiar topics...

Given that DOC facilities are faced with rising costs on all fronts, such as medical, food, etc. What healthy food and snack options have been employed by your facility in your commissary and daily menus? What steps were taken in identifying whether or not this plan of action would have short term or...

I am a graduate Criminal Justice student at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. I am conducting research this semester concerning the current and planned health care services available to inmates with the U.S. prison system. In order to do this research I am going to email a short questionnaire to...

The Indiana Department of Correction is honored to host the 2008 National Mental Health Conference titled, “Unlock the Mystery: Managing Mental Health from Corrections to Community.” The conference will be held June 23-25, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Adam’s Mark Hotel at the Indianapolis Airport...

The Indiana Department of Correction is honored to host the 2008 National Mental Health Conference titled, “Unlock the Mystery: Managing Mental Health from Corrections to Community.” The conference will be held June 23-25, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Adam’s Mark Hotel at the Indianapolis Airport...

Here's a link to Preventive Health Care (Federal Bureau of Prisons- Clinical Practice Guidelines): http://www.bop.gov/news/PDFs/phc.pdf There is a section on cancer screening.