/tags/prisoner-healthcare Prisoner Healthcare en-US Copyright Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:13:58 GMT /health/2023-10-02/expanded-prison-medical-release-sick-aging-incarcerated Advocates hope to see the North Carolina prison system grant more medical release to ease the burden of an aging prison population and to give families time with loved ones before death. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:13:58 GMT /health/2023-10-02/expanded-prison-medical-release-sick-aging-incarcerated Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News /health/2021-10-04/inmates-with-mental-health-diagnoses-perform-better-when-given-therapy-a-new-study-finds New research released from the N.C. Department of Public Safety finds that incarcerated individuals with mental health disorders have better outcomes when placed in a Therapeutic Diversion Unit than when they are placed in restrictive housing like solitary confinement. Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:05:26 GMT /health/2021-10-04/inmates-with-mental-health-diagnoses-perform-better-when-given-therapy-a-new-study-finds Jason deBruyn /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-19/covid-19-deaths-of-female-prisoners-speak-volumes-about-the-prison-system Andrea Circle Bear was eight months pregnant and serving a two-year sentence for a drug charge when she became the first female federal prisoner to die… Tue, 19 May 2020 18:15:05 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-05-19/covid-19-deaths-of-female-prisoners-speak-volumes-about-the-prison-system Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio /law/2020-05-19/covid-19-deaths-of-female-prisoners-speak-volumes-about-the-prison-system Andrea Circle Bear was eight months pregnant and serving a two-year sentence for a drug charge when she became the first female federal prisoner to die… Tue, 19 May 2020 18:15:05 GMT /law/2020-05-19/covid-19-deaths-of-female-prisoners-speak-volumes-about-the-prison-system Kaia Findlay, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-05-31/solitary-confinement-and-mental-health-the-case-of-devon-davis Is the North Carolina Department of Public Safety breaking its own rules? A 2016 policy change prohibits inmates with mental health issues from being held… Thu, 31 May 2018 16:25:12 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-05-31/solitary-confinement-and-mental-health-the-case-of-devon-davis Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /health/2018-05-31/solitary-confinement-and-mental-health-the-case-of-devon-davis Is the North Carolina Department of Public Safety breaking its own rules? A 2016 policy change prohibits inmates with mental health issues from being held… Thu, 31 May 2018 16:25:12 GMT /health/2018-05-31/solitary-confinement-and-mental-health-the-case-of-devon-davis Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-03-27/how-will-north-carolina-escape-its-prison-crisis Staffing and safety issues inside North Carolina prisons are at a perilous point. In 2017, five corrections officers were killed in violent incidents at… Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:05:50 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-03-27/how-will-north-carolina-escape-its-prison-crisis Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /law/2018-03-27/how-will-north-carolina-escape-its-prison-crisis Staffing and safety issues inside North Carolina prisons are at a perilous point. In 2017, five corrections officers were killed in violent incidents at… Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:05:50 GMT /law/2018-03-27/how-will-north-carolina-escape-its-prison-crisis Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2015-10-29/prisoner-healthcare-costs-rising Increasing prison population means higher healthcare costs for taxpayers. In addition, the rising number of elderly people in prison means more chronic… Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:26:55 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-10-29/prisoner-healthcare-costs-rising Laura Lee, Frank Stasio /health/2015-10-29/prisoner-healthcare-costs-rising Increasing prison population means higher healthcare costs for taxpayers. In addition, the rising number of elderly people in prison means more chronic… Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:26:55 GMT /health/2015-10-29/prisoner-healthcare-costs-rising Laura Lee, Frank Stasio