Correctional
Behind the Degree: Nursing Ph.D. Student Aims to Expose Health Care Inequities Within the Correctional System
When you think of a nurse, do you envision a person wearing scrubs and treating patients in a hospital? Perhaps you think of someone taking patients’ vitals and administering medications, or someone moving between beds to care for the sick. While nursing often involves this discipline of bedside care, you likely did not picture someone …
Ep. 204: Using technology to manage health care in correctional settings
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher In this episode, Grant Johnson, one of the executives responsible for managing state and local government strategy at Cerner, leads a conversation with Jim Greer, former health division director for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and Tina Norton, a nurse practitioner and senior solution advisor for Cerner who has a decade of …
Employee at local correctional center tests positive for COVID-19
WELCH, W.Va. (WVVA) – An employee at Stevens Correctional Center in McDowell County tested positive for the coronavirus on July 10. Their last day at the facility was July 4. The employee tested positive on July 10. They are quarantining at home, and cannot return to the facility until cleared, post-recovery, by health officials. There …
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility inmates test negative for COVID-19; 1 staff member positive – Canon City Daily Record
More than 80 offenders housed at Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility have tested negative during the first round of COVID-19 testing after a staff member was confirmed to have the virus and another one is waiting for confirmation. “The Department of Corrections conducted contact tracing and determined that out of an abundance of caution, some inmates …
Six Months After Launching Partnership with Securus Technologies, Cheshire County Correctional Facility Reports Improvements in Safety, Attitude and Behavior
CHESHIRE COUNTY, N.H., March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Six months ago, the Cheshire County (NH) Correctional Facility partnered with Securus Technologies as the exclusive provider of corrections-grade tablets, providing incarcerated individuals with access to communications and media services, as well as no-cost reentry and education resources. The county’s Sergeant, Alfred Beyer, reported resounding success of the …
Jeffrey Epstein death: Shrieking heard from jail cell the morning he died at Metropolitan Correctional Center
CBS News has learned that the morning of Jeffrey Epstein’s death there was shouting and shrieking from his jail cell. Guards attempted to revive him while saying “breathe, Epstein, breathe.” Congress is the latest to start investigating Epstein’s apparent suicide over the weekend, with new reports raising questions about the federal jail where he was …
