Other Resources

Other Prison Healthcare Projects, References and News Sources:

HIV In Correctional Settings: Implications for Prevention and Treatment Policy.
A briefing compiled by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. correctional system (see also: Summary of policy recommendations).

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics A comprehensive resource compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice on virtually all statistics related to the U.S. Justice System.

Infectious Disease in Corrections Report (IDCR) A forum for correctional problem solving that targets correctional administrators and HIV/AIDS and hepatitis care providers including physicians, nurses, outreach workers, and case managers.

The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) The mission of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care is to improve the quality of health care in jails, prisons and juvenile confinement facilities. The NCCHC offers a broad array of resources to help correctional health care systems provide efficient, high quality care.

The International Centre of Prisoner Studies An excellent resource based at King's College in London, "The International Centre for Prison Studies seeks to assist governments and other relevant agencies to develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment. It carries out its work on a project or consultancy basis for international agencies, governmental and non-governmental organisations."

The Prison Health Research Network (PRHN) The PHRN was established in 2004, and concentrated in its first three years on prison health research.

Prison News Stories Webticker All the news that's fit to print about prisons, jails and inmates.

California Prison Health Care Recievership Corp Complete public information about the federal court-mandated effort to bring medical care in California prisons up to constitutional standards.

The Southern Center for Human Rights SCHR represents those confined to prisons and jails in class action law suits challenging inhumane conditions of confinement, degrading or discriminatory treatment, denial of medical and mental health care, and other constitutional violations.

W.H.O. Health in Prisons Projects (HIPP) HIPP's main purpose is to support Member States in improving public health by addressing health and health care in prisons, and to facilitate the links between prison health and public health systems at both national and international levels.

Prison Health Services, Inc. The founder of the privately managed correctional healthcare field.


Departments of Corrections by State:

Alabama Department of Corrections
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Arizona Department of Corrections
Arkansas Department of Corrections
California Department of Corrections
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Connecticut Department of Corrections
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Hawaii Department of Corrections
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Minnesota Department of Corrections
Mississippi Department of Corrections
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Montana Department of Corrections
Nebraska Department of Corrections
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New Jersey Department of Corrections
New Mexico Department of Corrections
New York Department of Corrections
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Tennessee Department of Corrections
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Virginia Department of Corrections
Washington Department of Corrections
West Virginia Department of Corrections
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Wyoming Department of Corrections