scholarly journals Prison Health Care Governance: Guaranteeing Clinical Independence

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Pont ◽  
Stefan Enggist ◽  
Heino Stöver ◽  
Brie Williams ◽  
Robert Greifinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Prison Health ◽  
Prison Health Care ◽  
Health Care Governance

scholarly journals Global Prison Health Care Governance and Health Equity: A Critical Lack of Evidence

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine E. McLeod ◽  
Amanda Butler ◽  
Jesse T. Young ◽  
Louise Southalan ◽  
Rohan Borschmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Inequities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Prison Health ◽  
Prison Health Care ◽  
Governance Models ◽  
Health Care Governance

The large and growing population of people who experience incarceration makes prison health an essential component of public health and a critical setting for reducing health inequities. People who experience incarceration have a high burden of physical and mental health care needs and have poor health outcomes. Addressing these health disparities requires effective governance and accountability for prison health care services, including delivery of quality care in custody and effective integration with community health services. Despite the importance of prison health care governance, little is known about how prison health services are structured and funded or the methods and processes by which they are held accountable. A number of national and subnational jurisdictions have moved prison health care services under their ministry of health, in alignment with recommendations by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. However, there is a critical lack of evidence on current governance models and an urgent need for evaluation and research, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Here we discuss why understanding and implementing effective prison health governance models is a critical component of addressing health inequities at the global level.

scholarly journals Behind the Wall of Indifference: Prisoner Voices about the Realities of Prison Health Care

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Barbara H. Zaitzow ◽  
Anthony K. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
General Population ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Prison Inmates ◽  
Prison Health ◽  
Prison Health Care ◽  
Public Scrutiny ◽  
Poor Ventilation ◽  
Violent Assault

While most Americans never see or become ensnared in the nation’s vast correctional system, there are unprecedented costs—economic, social, and ethical—that are being paid, one way or another, by everyone in this country. It is no secret that prison inmates face health threats behind bars that equal anything they face in the streets. Violent assault, rape, or the outbreak of highly infectious diseases are much more common in correctional facilities than in the general population. Prison conditions can easily fan the spread of disease through overcrowding, poor ventilation, and late or inadequate medical care. Effectively protected from public scrutiny, the prison health care system has almost zero accountability, thus escaping outside attention to serious failures of care. If you want to know about the practice of health care in prison settings, ask someone who has been “in” the system. Prisoners have a story to tell and this article gives voice to the experiences of those who have been directly impacted by the provision of health care in the prison system.

The Contractual Model for Prison Health Care

Medical Care ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 694-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd F. Novick
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Prison Health ◽  
Prison Health Care

Isolation and Rethinking

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-189
Author(s):  
Susan M. Reverby
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Federal Prison ◽  
Prison Health ◽  
Prison Health Care

Rather than be corrected or seek penitence, Berkman used his prison time to write to his friends, comrades and family, and to rethink his political trajectory. Often in isolation, and moved around without notice, he tried to figure out how to do his time, make a life and escape the incompetence of prison health care. Sent to Connecticut to stand trial for the robbery, he was given a concomitant sentence along with his federal prison time, then was charged, along with several of his comrades, on a federal conspiracy case.

Selecting Performance Indicators for Prison Health Care

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Asch ◽  
Cheryl L. Damberg ◽  
Liisa Hiatt ◽  
Stephanie S. Teleki ◽  
Rebecca Shaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Prison Health ◽  
Prison Health Care
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