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Shots - Health News
Dr. Homer Venters, the former head of New York City's correctional health services, says that inmates held in solitary confinement cells, such as the Rikers Island cell shown above, have a higher risk of committing self-harm.

Former Physician At Rikers Island Exposes Health Risks Of Incarceration

Mar 18, 2019
Dr. Homer Venters describes a number of traumatic outcomes related to subpar medical care inside the New York City jail complex, including the death of a man who was denied insulin during intake.
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Criminal Justice Collaborative
An inmate's bed at MCI-Shirley, in Shirley, Mass.

Tempering The Cost Of Aging, Dying In Prison With The Demands Of Justice

Aug 01, 2018
Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of aging prisoners in the nation. A new law would allow parole for prisoners who can prove they are physically or cognitively incapacitated.
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By some estimates, nearly half of the people confined in U.S. jails and prisons have a mental illness, notes Alisa Roth, author of <em>Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness.</em>

'Insane': America's 3 Largest Psychiatric Facilities Are Jails

Apr 25, 2018
Alisa Roth's new book suggests U.S. jails and prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill. They often get sicker in these facilities, Roth says, because they don't get appropriate treatment.
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Hepatitis C virus, via transmission electron microscopy. (The actual viral diameter is around 22 nm.) Doctors say the recent FDA approval of Mavyret, a less expensive drug for treating the virus, may make it easier for more insurers and correctional faci

FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment

Oct 04, 2017
Mavyret, recently approved by the Food And Drug Administration, can cure hepatitis C in eight weeks, at a cost of $26,400. Though still expensive, that's well below the price of other options.
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Around the Nation
Photographs of Karen's father, Joseph, with her mother and sisters. He was killed in 1969.

From A Life Term To Life On The Outside: When Aging Felons Are Freed

Feb 18, 2016
A landmark ruling by Maryland's highest court affected prisoners convicted of violent crimes before 1981. None of them has re-offended so far. But that's no comfort to angry families of their victims.
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What To Do With California's Mentally Ill Defendants?

Oct 21, 2015
Jail is too dangerous for many defendants found incompetent to stand trial because of illnesses like schizophrenia, judges say. But psychiatric hospitals are now overcrowded and violent, too.
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