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A third of California’s adult prisons provide an “inadequate” level of medical care to their inmate patients, according to the most recent inspections from the state’s prison watchdog ...
After losing a loved one in prison in 2016 to an apparent suicide, Lozano also counsels women experiencing mental health crises. Recent changes to state law make it easier for offenders who were ...
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As of July 17, 39 prison inmates have died in California prisons; about half of these were disabled. [ 100 ] From March 31 to June 6, there has been 42,107 confirmed cases of COVID-19 along with 510 deaths from state and federal prisons with a case rate of 3,251 per 100,000 prisoners; making it 5.5 times higher than the case rate of US ...
Infectious diseases within American correctional settings are a concern within the public health sector. The corrections population is susceptible to infectious diseases through exposure to blood and other bodily fluids, drug injection, poor health care, prison overcrowding, demographics, security issues, lack of community support for rehabilitation programs, and high-risk behaviors. [1]
Prisons were accused of bungling the pandemic. In the federal prison system, the issues start at the top, critics say. Disgraced doctors, unlicensed officials: Prisons face criticism over health care
Another proposed reason for the high number of people incarcerated with mental illness is the way a prison setting can worsen mental health. Individuals with pre-existing mental health conditions can worsen, or new mental health problems may arise. [38] A few reasons are listed as to how prisons can worsen the mental health of the incarcerated:
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