11/4/2020· Jails - Prisons - Correctional Facilities
Suicide In The Correctional Environment
Suicide is a threat to all persons (inmates as well as staff) involved in corrections. The rates of inmate suicide are far higher than the national averages and even higher still for special populations such as juvenile and LGBTI inmates.
9/4/2020· Physician Assistants
The Role Of The Physician Assistant In Correctional Medicine
Many States outsource prison healthcare (general medical care, mental health, and dental) to corporations that supply these services. The corporation retained to provide healthcare services to inmates is responsible for hiring the staff to care for the inmate population, which can include physicians, Physician Assistants (PAs), advanced nurse practitioners, and staff nurses.
4/14/2011· Jails - Prisons - Correctional Facilities
Suicides In A State Correctional System, 1992 - 2002: A Review
The authors reviewed all suicides between 1992 and 2002 in a statewide correctional system. Thirty-seven inmates committed suicide in various prisons during this period.
4/3/2009· Jails - Prisons - Correctional Facilities
Suicides Within The Juvenile Justice System: The Need for Administrative Oversight
Suicides among youths in the United States is a national tragedy. A successful suicide by an adolescent within the juvenile justice system is both preventable and unconscionable and tends to occur as a consequence of poor or inappropriate staffing, inadequate training, and/or the lack of policy and procedure enforcement
by James J. Farley
by Ray Horak
by Susan Maccoy
