Medical Care in Prison/Medical Neglect

Some "Smart on Crime" Reforms that are Working

December 7, 2011
Necessitated by harsh economic times and encouraged by declines in crime rates, a number of states have made significant strides in reducing the number of people in prisons and jails and cutting spending while maintaining public safety.

Article by Denise Welch

California Medicaid Expansion: A Lifeline For Ex-Convicts

September 26, 2011
Inmates often leave California prisons with no consistent place to get medical care. But that's changing.

 

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PSJ's Youth Justice Report - Misguided Measures

September 19, 2011
Giving a voice to those youth who are sent to adult jails or prisons to await trial or carry out there sentences when they are not adults. Misguided Measures represents the impact that Measure 11 has on Oregon's Youth.

Oregon taxpayers pay spiraling cost of prison health care with no solution in sight

June 20, 2011
Oregon prisons strain to care for 14,000 inmates -- inmates who are getting older and sicker, half arriving with mental health problems. (The Oregonian)

Oregon inmates' mental health problems outstrip a system never designed to handle them

June 20, 2011
Year after year, the percentage of prisoners battling psychiatric demons has edged up. Now, seven in 10 of the state's 14,000 inmates need some type of mental health care in a system never designed to provide it. (The Oregonian)

Oregon inmates' mental health problems outstrip a system never designed to handle them

Inmate Health Care Another Kind of Prison

June 8, 2011
Research into prison health care systems, including a year long investigation by The New York Times, found that treatment of inmates is akin to that in Third World Countries. (NPR)

 

Private Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings

May 24, 2011
The conviction that private prisons save money helped drive more than 30 states to turn to them for housing inmates. But Arizona shows that popular wisdom might be wrong: Data there suggest that privately operated prisons can cost more to operate than state-run prisons
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.

More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals

May 18, 2010
Americans with severe mental illnesses are three times more likely to be in jail or prison than in a psychiatric hospital, according to new report: "More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals: A Survey of the States". (Treatment Advocacy Center)

 Severely Mentally Ill Persons More Likely to be in Jails than Hospitals,

Prison to adapt to mental illnesses

April 27, 2010
As community resources have dwindled, the number of people in prison with mental illness has climbed dramatically. Today, nearly half of all prisoners have a mental illness and receive minimal treatment. (Statesman Journal)

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    October 22, 2009
    Katherine Anderson nearly died of heart failure at the state women's prison. She has filed a federal lawsuit accusing prison medical staff of malpractice and violating her civil rights. (The Oregonian)

    Prisoner of the state -- and an ailing heart

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