The Health of Jail Inmates

Potter, Roberto Hugh; Lin, Hefang; Maze, Allison; Bjoring, Donell

doi:10.1177/0734016811415100

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“…Given the short lengths of stay and constant churn that are typical in jails, [24][25][26][27] the limited asymptomatic testing and lack of symptom communities. Opt-out mass testing was conducted early in the pandemic in jails in New York City 18 and Cook County, Illinois.…”

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SARS-CoV-2 Mitigation Strategies, Testing, and Cases at 254 Jails in the US Southeast, October 2020 to May 2021

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Objectives. To characterize severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation strategies, testing, and cases across county jails in the Southeastern United States, examining variability by jail characteristics. Methods. We administered a 1-time telephone survey to personnel of 254 jails in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina between October 2020 and May 2021. Results. Some SARS-CoV-2 mitigation strategies (e.g., screening at intake, isolation and masking for symptomatic persons) were commonly reported (≥ 75% of jails). Other measures, such as masking regardless of symptoms (52%) and screening at release (26%), were less common and varied by jail state or population size. Overall, 41% of jails reported no SARS-CoV-2 testing in the past 30 days. Jails with testing (59%) tested a median of 6 per 100 incarcerated persons; of those jails, one third reported 1 or more cases of positive tests. Although most jails detected no cases, in the 20% of all jails with 1 or more case in the past 30 days, 1 in 5 tests was positive. Conclusions. There was low testing coverage and variable implementation of SARS-CoV-2 mitigation strategies in Southeastern US jails during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(11):1589–1598. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307012 )

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SARS-CoV-2 Mitigation Strategies, Testing, and Cases at 254 Jails in the US Southeast, October 2020 to May 2021

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“…Although typical jail incarceration is 2 or 3 days, 25% are 1 week or longer and a small proportion are months or years. 13 – 15 Consequently, jails must provide care for large numbers of people with—sometimes emergent—health issues, with many people released within a few days, but some requiring chronic care over longer periods.…”

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Jail Healthcare Staffing in the US Southeast: a Cross-Sectional Survey

Rosen,

Carda-Auten,

DiRosa

et al. 2023

J GEN INTERN MED

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Background Jails annually incarcerate millions of people with health problems, yet jail healthcare services have not been well described. Objective To describe jail healthcare staffing. Design Phone-administered survey conducted October 2020 to May 2021. Setting County jails in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Participants Jail personnel “most knowledgeable” about jail healthcare. Main Measures Weekly on-site healthcare coverage rate (hours per 100 incarcerated person-weeks [IPWs]) by personnel type; telemedicine rates and detention officers’ healthcare duties. Key Results Survey response rate was 73% (254/346). Among surveyed jails, 71% had on-site non-psychiatric providers (e.g., physicians, physician assistants) (median of 3.3 h per 100 IPWs); 90% had on-site nursing (median of 57.0 h per 100 IPWs) including 50% with on-site registered nurses (median of 25 h per 100 IPWs) and 70% with on-site licensed practical nurses (median of 52 h per 100 IPWs); 9% had on-site psychiatric providers (median of 1.6 h per 100 PWs). Telemedicine was used for primary care in 13% of jails (median 2.1 h per 100 IPW); for mental healthcare in 55% (median 2.1 h per 100 IPW); and for other specialties in 5% (median 1.0 h per 100 IPW). In 81% of jails, officers conducted medical intake and in 58% assessed urgency of medical requests (i.e., “sick call”). The number of officers’ healthcare responsibilities increased inversely with weekly nursing coverage. Conclusions Nearly 30% of surveyed jails routinely lacked on-site healthcare providers and in most other jails providers’ on-site presence was modest. Jails relied heavily on LPNs and officers for care, resulting in missed opportunities for care and potentially endangering incarcerated persons.

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Health Care in Prison

Potter

2017

The Encyclopedia of Corrections

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This entry outlines key court decisions that have framed the debate over health care delivery in correctional facilities across the United States. The incidence and prevalence (amount and distribution) of substance abuse, mental illness, and contagious and chronic diseases, among inmates in jails, detention centers, and prisons is presented. Standards and recommendations regarding correctional health care are examined, as well as barriers to the provision of these services. Public health issues associated with the provision of health care in correctional settings are discussed, as well as practical and research implications for social scientists in correctional health care.

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The Health of Jail Inmates

Cited by 14 publications

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SARS-CoV-2 Mitigation Strategies, Testing, and Cases at 254 Jails in the US Southeast, October 2020 to May 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Mitigation Strategies, Testing, and Cases at 254 Jails in the US Southeast, October 2020 to May 2021

Jail Healthcare Staffing in the US Southeast: a Cross-Sectional Survey

Health Care in Prison

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