...Prison Healthcare Healthcare is a big topic no matter how you view it, but when looking at it from the point of a person who is in prison, it takes on a whole new view. Those who are in prison have federal and state laws that say that the prisons must provide them with medical facilities for their healthcare needs. This paper will identify a governmental agency that regulates the healthcare that is provided to prisoners in an institution within the United States, along with the foundation of such an agency and who regulates the licenses, accreditation, certifications, and authorization for employment for those who work within one of these facilities. The Federal Bureau of Prisons The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is an agency that was created on May 14, 1930 and approved of by then president Herbert Hoover. Its main headquarters is in Washington, D.C. The BOP is a subdivision of the United States Justice Department and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. Its sole purpose is to provide more open-minded and compassionate care to those who are federal inmates within the United States prison system. This agency is also responsible for providing medically needed health care to inmates in agreement with federal and state laws. One of the most negative aspects that the BOP is responsible for is carrying out all judicially mandated federal executions, including the lethal injection of inmates who have been sentenced to death for a...
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...Prison Health Care Agency Paper HCS/430: Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance October 8, 2012 Lenetra S. McCord, FACHE Prison Healthcare It does not matter how you look at it, health care is one huge topic; but when you look at health care in the view point of a prisoner it may take a completely different view. People in prison have Federal and State laws which make prisons provide health care for the prisoners needs. Within this paper a government agency will be identified, one that has a role in regulating health care which is provided for prisoners within an institution in the United States; as well as a another agency that regulate certifications, accreditations, license, along with authorization for the employees that are employed within a facility that houses prisoners. Federal Bureau of Prisons An agency that was founded May 13, 1930; and approved by President Herbert Hoover and was called The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). This agency is headquartered in Washington D.C. and is a subdivision of the U.S. Justice Department. The BOP is accountable for the administration of the Federal prison system. The only purpose of the BOP is to furnish an unbiased and empathetic care to anyone who is a federal prisoner in the U.S. prison system. The BOP also provides inmates with any health care they may need in agreement with any Federal and State laws. One of the most negative aspects that the BOP is responsible for is carrying out all judicially...
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...prisoners some may never know. There are those who care not to know what goes on behind that wired fence. We find that some people that are convicted of crimes that they did not commit. Some people would rather turn their heads to what actually happens in a prison institution, because they feel it is no concern of theirs. Innocent women and men face a disaster in life when they find their selves incarcerated in such facility as these. The treatment in prison facilities toward prisoners with health issues or those who develop health concerns that head officials should take control over. Prisoners receive neglect in many different ways that may end their lives. In my essay, I will share with you the life of a man in prison and the treatment that he received from correctional officers. Every prison environment makes it hard to assure minimal standards for ethical research and voluntary informed consent and privacy. Privacy for those who are in these facilities has many concerns to family members who are looking in from the outside. Health issues and concerns for inmates and neglect that occurs in correctional facilities have been concerns that continue to go unnoticed. The state seems to under staff in some areas of managing inmate’s health problems. There are many who may go unattended of their health issues causing drastic or even death in the process. A prison system update yearly would help to protect prisoners and their health issues. Denying them access to medical attention...
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...Prison Health Care Agency Paper Health care is a huge topic however it may be looked at, but looking at health care from the point of view of a person in prison, brings up a whole new view. People who are in prison have many state and federal laws which says that all prisons must provide medical facilities for all inmates’ health care needs. In this paper, will identify one governmental agency that regulates healthcare that is provided in prisons, jails, and juvenile confinement facilities in the United States, as well as the foundation of the agency, and who actually regulates the licenses, certifications, accreditations, and also authorizations for the employees who work in these facilities. A governmental agency that regulates prison health care is the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) which was created in the early and had been approved by the president then Herbert Hoover. The main headquarters is located in Washington D.C. and also branches throughout the United States. BOP is known as a subdivision of the United States justice department and is responsible for administration of federal prisons. Its main purpose is to provide more compassionate and open minded care to federal inmates in the United States prisons. In agreement with state and federal laws the federal bureau of prisons is responsible for insuring all medically needed health care is provided to each inmate. One negative aspect that the federal bureau of prisons is responsible for is going with all...
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...resistant to change. Doing something that is different or uncommon for any individual may cause resistance because it is unknown. This is why how change is implemented matters and how management handles the implementation is relevant to the success of the change. This paper will focus on strategies for implementing change in a Correctional facility as it related to inmate access to healthcare. The paper will describe different assessments and evaluations used to monitor the process of inmate healthcare access. Community techniques and resources will also be defined in this paper, along with additional organizational resources relative to the process, systems, personal, and professionals roles in the organization. Strategies for Changing Inmate Access to Healthcare Access to health care in the correctional institutions in Maryland are limited. Especially in the pretrial divisions of the correctional facilities there are not many opportunities or resources for inmates to receive health care other than the initial pre-screening check-up upon entering a correctional facility. Strategies have to be put in place to open up opportunities and free up resources to change the way inmates have access to health care. One strategy is for...
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...need to be spread or creating awareness to a wide range audience, that’s where the media people will come up with a campaign and send out the messages through verbal communication. However, this paper will be discussing the media campaign on HIV/AIDS. The word AIDS is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus called HIV. However, this particular disease can damage your immune system and HIV interferes with your body’s ability to fight the organisms that cause disease. On the other hand, this paper will show the campaign description in a very clear and organize way in which will give a brief view on the facts of the campaign surrounding. Furthermore, this paper will be discussing on the research and analysis of the strength and weaknesses of the media campaign on HIV/AIDS and also what are the success and failure in and out of that particular campaign. This part is essential because it provide a lot useful information on the media campaign on HIV/AIDS. In addition, the last part of this paper will consist the conclusion and recommendation of the campaign on HIV/AIDS. The part conclusion is basically the sum up of all of this paper on media campaign from introduction to research analysis and when comes to recommendation is where this paper will discuss on how will we able to improve on the campaign in the future in the sense of goals, strategies or even tactics. (G. Pirozz, 2013) 2. Campaign Description HIV and AIDS is one of the...
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...Regulatory Agency Paper Sheronda Reed HCS/430 July 9, 2015 Tionette Jones Regulatory Agency Paper Agencies such as Government and Health Care Agencies are banded by law to provide each client with a safe and healthy environment. All information should be available about the agencies. In this paper I will talk about the role and quality health care provide in prisons National Commission on Correctional Health Care mission is to improve the inferiority of health care. NCCHS has offered health services since the early 1970’s.Other organization came together so that NCCHS could be independent to provide services that was needed at the facilities. NCCHS offers a lot of superiority health services. NCCHS is accredited and has been since the 1970.They offer different treatment programs and is the only accrediting agency in the prison that offers Substance Abuse and Mental Health services. NCCHS has educational program that has been successful since1977. NCCHS educate physician nurses, psychologists and other workers through education. The program consist of a 100 hours that is required each year for education purposes. There are other programs such as the CCHP Certification provides certification to all the correction professionals. CCHP-MH is dictated to providing certification to mental health workers in the prison. CCHP P Certification is designed to recognize special skills for physicians in the correctional health care. CCHP-P program is use to help doctor practice in the correctional...
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...Regulatory Agency Paper Aisha Syed HCS/ 430 July 3, 2014 Valerie Platt Regulatory Agency Paper The healthcare regulatory agency selected for this article is The Federal Bureau of Prisons also known as (BOP). The role of BOP is to confine statewide offenders in prisons. These criminals are cost-efficient, and secure (BOP). The responsibility of BOP is to help inmates against their future criminal activities. This is done through educating them to stay involved in programs that stand proven to reduce criminal activities. The BOP employees help inmates with programs and services that offer mainstream values. Some other duties of BOP also, include delivering medical treatment to inmates with health care standards. In 2007 the (BOP) healthcare cost was 736 million in health care for providing healthcare to inmates. This agency continues health care services to inmates from medical providers and in-house medical providers employed within the agency. The BOP health care cost remains affordable in comparison to insurance rate with other agencies. There are numerous ways and means the BOP controls the budget to make the health care inexpensive for inmates. The BOP found ways to control the cost of health care by implementing initiatives that provided more effective and efficient inmate health coverage. By implementing new systems it helps the BOP reduce the cost for inmate health care coverage. Some of the strategies consist of selecting convicts to be organizations built...
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...Correctional Trends Evaluation Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice CJA/394 The paper will evaluate the past, present, and future trends that have had a profound affect in the development and operation of institutional and community-based corrections. The need of prisons and prison administrators is most important in the criminal justice system therefore, the paper will identify the current and future issues today. In addition the paper will evaluate the corrections system as a developing trend pertaining to the issues and the role of alternative corrections. Development and Operations of Institutional Corrections In prior years the development of institutional corrections left nothing to the imagination. The perspective of development and operations of institutional corrections is one fact that the facilities’ inmates were housed in the conditions were dark and fifthly. Inmates were treated harshly, and worked extremely hard. Today the development and operations of institutional corrections play a part where constitutional rights are in affect. Inmates today although the prison systems are overcrowded they are with constitutional rights. One constitutional right an inmate is entitled to today is health care. The prison system today functions differently. Rules and regulations are enforced but not by the hands of the facility but by the law. Facilities today although overcrowded are no longer dark, and fifthly. Inmates...
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...all constitutional rights as most citizens, they are granted some, most importantly the right to receive proper health care, which is being violated due to the inadequate conditions of medical care provided by prisons today. Prison health care systems are needed to be addressed, to ultimately eliminate unnecessary deaths of inmates that could be prevented in the first place. The prison system is a topic that is frequently overlooked by many people, who are not aware of the conditions that inmates live under or how they are treated. It is worth discussing poor health care conditions in prison because inmates are still humans, no matter the crime convicted of; they still should and deserve to be treated humanely. This issue is increasingly the cause of many deaths of inmates in the hands of prison. Although, they should be punished for the crime they committed, the level of inadequacy of medical care should not give them automatic death sentence....
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...Mentally Ill in Prison PSCH/610 Mentally Ill in Prison Abstract The increase in incarcerated individuals with mental illness in the preceding decades has made the prison system a prevalent mental health provider even though they are not prepared or equipped for such task. Prison life is tough on an individual’s mental health; overcapacity, lack of privacy, violent behavior, lack of activity, inadequate health services, seclusion from family and friends, and the insecurity of what life holds after prison contribute to the inmate’s mental health. Inmates whose judgment is altered or impaired by depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other severe mental illnesses are impacted more severely by the tribulations of prison life. Inadequate mental health services is also something mentally ill inmates face, this absconds them undertreated or mistreated. Numerous prisoners do not receive proper psychotropic medication due to the lack of mental health services and care, further impairing their capability to function. The security mission of prisons tends to overlook mental health considerations. Prison rules and codes of demeanor teach staff about security, safety, supremacy, and power. Coordinating the needs of the mentally ill with prison regulations and goals is almost impractical. Factors of the sources and effects of the concern between prison and mental illness will be observed in this research proposal. Reforms will be provided to improve mental health requirements...
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...Prison Healthcare Healthcare is a big topic no matter how you view it, but when looking at it from the point of a person who is in prison, it takes on a whole new view. Those who are in prison have federal and state laws that say that the prisons must provide them with medical facilities for their healthcare needs. This paper will identify a governmental agency that regulates the healthcare that is provided to prisoners in an institution within the United States, along with the foundation of such an agency and who regulates the licenses, accreditation, certifications, and authorization for employment for those who work within one of these facilities. The Federal Bureau of Prisons The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is an agency that was created on May 14, 1930 and approved of by then president Herbert Hoover. Its main headquarters is in Washington, D.C. The BOP is a subdivision of the United States Justice Department and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. Its sole purpose is to provide more open-minded and compassionate care to those who are federal inmates within the United States prison system. This agency is also responsible for providing medically needed health care to inmates in agreement with federal and state laws. One of the most negative aspects that the BOP is responsible for is carrying out all judicially mandated federal executions, including the lethal injection of inmates who have been sentenced to death for a crime they have...
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...Conflict Diagnosis Paper CJHS/430 Conflict Diagnosis Paper Deaths in the prisons are on the rise in the recent years and the major cause of these deaths are mostly suicide and I this review I will focus mostly on diagnosis on suicide related deaths in the United States. The research in the past has also been criticized for focusing mostly on the static variables like the demographics. In the United States, suicide is more common in prisons compared with the general populations as a whole. Each year it is approximated that the number of prison suicide is 200, and it is the third leading cause of death in prison behind aids and natural cause. Many suicides are seen as accidental deaths. Some workers fear reporting suicide-related incidents for fear of cases being brought against them. Somebody dying in the hospital after attempting suicide may not be reported as deadly occurred at the prison. The homicide rate in local jails nationwide hovered around 3 inmates per 100,000 between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Violent, troubled individuals are concentrated in prisons and jails. “The violent prisoners exert pressures on the most vulnerable inmates who end up succumbing to health related problems or they result to suicide.” (Theodore, Max, & Mitch, 2009.) The populations or individuals that are vulnerable to these pressures should be identified, and this is an essential first step towards resolving the problem. However, it...
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...Regulatory paper based on Joint Commission/Prison Health HCS 430 Ensuring health care practitioners and facilities promote safety, legal compliance, and quality patient services. If regulations with accreditation were not sufficient in health care, safety comfort would not be provided to patients/clients. JCAHO Also known as Joint Commission Accreditation health care organization which conducts survey done on site that complies as well verify the continuous standards of improvement for joint commission. The JCAHO ensures that health care providers and facilities are maintaining the required standards of care in place by the regulatory agency. JCAHO is constantly providing the most update in improvements in medical facilities History of JCAHO of Health Care Organizations In 1910, Ernest A. Codman, M.D., found that many health care practitioners were practicing medicine that was outside their scope of training. It was then that he “proposed the end result system of hospital standardization. Codman thought that if hospitals were to track every patient and the patient were treated long enough it could be determined whether the treatment was effective and use the results to improve care In 1913, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was established and standards for hospitals were developed in the early 1917 by ACS. In 1918, the Surgeons’ of American college began first inspection within hospitals and found that only 89 out of 692 hospitals met the minimum standard...
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...Prisoner Health: HIV infection and, other blood-borne viral infections. Amanda Messler-Layman Regulatory Agency HCS/430 10/21/2012 Prisoner Health: HIV infection and, other blood-borne viral infections. The topic is prisoner healthcare and, HIV infection and, other blood-borne viral infections. The paper is to let you know what the agency plans and, what they are doing to help the prisoners get the proper care that they need not only for them but for the guards, other prisoners safety. The role of the agency is to establish sound data regarding the extant of the problem and, how problematic it can be if there is nothing done. The data will help let the agencies know what has to be done and, how bad this is in the prisons. What type of plan that they have how much this is going to cost them? They also can check in to a grant to help with the cost. The Health Protection Agency Prison Infection Prevention Team is the name of the agency that is trying to help improve the health care in our prisons this is what we need to help the spread of infections in the prisons. They are the agency that gathers all the data and, they do research on men and, women on what their problems and concerns are. They need to see what the needs of the prisoners are what they are getting and, what they are not getting that they need. How they are getting treated and, what are the complaints are if not. Are they being offered quality manner in...
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