This site covers every aspect of prison medical care, including issues particular to prisons: forcible administration of psychotropic medication, caring for people growing old or dying during long sentences, caring for mentally ill and ... Found insideThis book addresses the legal issues that affect the mentally disordered inmate. Providing a balance between theoretical and practical perspectives throughout, the text also provides readers with a big-picture framework for assessing current correctional mental health and criminal justice issues, offering clear ... Written and edited by 40 practitioners in prison systems and public health from all over the USA, this critically acclaimed text comprehensively covers the medical issues specific to the correctional setting-essential, practical information ... Found insideThe Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States brings together original contributions from leading scholars in criminology and criminal justice that provide an in-depth, state-of-the-art look at the most important topics in ... This collaborative text addresses the full range of issues faced by correctional psychologists and other mental health service providers who offer programs and services within correctional institutions--from critical program development and ... The findings here are based on the 2002 Survey of Inmates in Local Jails. Data are presented separated on medical problems, impairments, & injuries reported by jail inmates. Following an overview of America's "Shameful Prisons," this book dissects the stream of reprisals imposed upon the physician who blew the whistle to uncover a culture of mediocrity that tolerated severe deficiencies in the quality of ... Describes the administrative, organizational, and ethical issues surrounding mental health services in a correctional facility. This book is well suited to readers dealing with correctional issues in today's complex global society. The Routledge Handbook on American Prisons is an authoritative volume that provides an overview of the state of U.S. prisons and synthesizes the research on the many facets of the prison system. Found insideThe 15 years since publication of the second edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s task force report on psychiatric services in correctional facilities have seen increasing rates of incarceration of mentally ill individuals, ... The first edition of this series established itself as a key source on health care needs for specific conditions supported by the Department of Health. The manual provides clear compliance indicators that define expected outcomes and aid in self-assessment, guidelines for facilities of various sizes and best practices recommendations. Glossary and index. Based on the experience of many countries in the WHO European Region and the advice of experts, this guide outlines some of the steps prison systems should take to reduce the public health risks from compulsory detention in often unhealthy ... Found inside – Page 1In this revelatory book, journalist Alisa Roth goes deep inside the criminal justice system to show how and why it has become a warehouse where inmates are denied proper treatment, abused, and punished in ways that make them sicker. This essential reference manual addresses practical issues related to the structure and delivery of health care services to inmates in prisons, jails, juvenile correctional facilities, and detention centers. Found insideThis is the definitive explanation of how America came to be so badly ensnared in an elaborate, factional, and seemingly interminable conflict in South Asia. This is a problem not just for them, but also for the communities from which they come and to which, in nearly all cases, they will return. In addition toan overview of the most common prison health care problems, this book provides a unique assessment of the needs of largely-overlooked prison populations, including women, people of color, and older adults. This revelatory and groundbreaking book concludes with the author's analysis of the case for closing Rikers Island jails and his advice on how to do it for the good of the incarcerated. This book makes a timely case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter. Fortunately, the editors have done a great job in all respects...This book should be required reading for all medical practitioners and administrators working in jails or prisons. Found insideProviding a balance between theoretical and practical perspectives throughout, the text also provides readers with a big-picture framework for assessing current correctional mental health and criminal justice issues, offering clear ... NCCHC's Mental Health Standards parallel its Standards for Health Services in format and substance, and likewise cover the general areas of care and treatment, clinical records, administration, personnel and legal issues. By foregrounding the stories of people struggling against the odds to exit the criminal justice system, Homeward shows how overhauling the process of prisoner reentry and rethinking the foundations of justice policy could address the harms ... Found insideI hope this book will be read by all concerned citizens and voters, for it conveys truths that are vitally important to all of us." —James Gilligan, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and author of Violence: Reflections on ... This book focuses on access to health care services by special populations in correctional institutions (women, youths, elderly, persons with dementia, and the terminally ill), which includes important information on privatization in ... Found insideIt presents new evidence on several emerging and classical prison health issues. The first goal of this volume is to address emerging issues related to health in prison. This is a problem not just for them, but also for the communities from which they come and to which, in nearly all cases, they will return. The growth of incarceration in the United States during four decades has prompted numerous critiques and a growing body of scientific knowledge about what prompted the rise and what its consequences have been for the people imprisoned, ... Previous editions of this book have been extraordinarily influential in this field. The book has been cited as the standard for jail and prison health services in state and federal court decisions. Found insideThis stunning book is a must-read not only for professionals in the field, but for every citizen who does not understand the consequences of mass incarceration for women, their children, their caretakers, and the society that allows it. This book makes a timely case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter. This book brings together the principles and practices of health care for incarcerated populations. 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