News | National Commission on Correctional Health Care
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March 31 is international Transgender Day of Visibility, a good time to review NCCHC’s position statement on Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care in Correctional
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Correctional mental health services are often criticized with broad-brush comments citing conditions and services that, in many jurisdictions, are a thing of the past.
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It is my privilege to serve as the new chair of NCCHC’s Governance Board.
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The 2021 Annual Report highlights the many ways NCCHC found balance in a year of ups and downs.
Read this special issue with free access until March 1, 2022. Nine articles focus on the female health care experience within corrections and include
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One of the most visited sections of the NCCHC website is a decade-old series on aspects of correctional nursing practice. The entire series has
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Opportunities to learn are everywhere. Take them, she says.
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The mission of NCCHC’s Committee on Systemic Racism is to guide the field toward eradicating systemic racism in health care
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Clinical and forensic psychologist Melissa Caldwell, PhD, CCHP-MH, CCHP-A, talks about Advanced certification.
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The poster recommends steps in plain language to reduce viral surface contamination.
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Coming soon: Medicaid funding for mental health and drug treatment in corrections
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In NCCHC’s annual report, learn how we embraced change in 2022.