COVID-19 (Coronavirus): What You Need to Know in Corrections
Updated: March 23, 2020 NCCHC is available to serve you during this challenging time. Our experts are here to assist with your COVID-19 questions
Feb 27, 2020
NCCHC 2019 Annual Report
The 2019 Annual Report highlights the impact NCCHC and its partners are making on correctional health care.
Feb 27, 2020
Spring Conference Announcement
NCCHC plans to hold the Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care, virtually!
Feb 26, 2020
What We’re Seeing: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Corrections
By Brent R. Gibson, MD, MPH, FACPM, CCHP-P Managing Director, NCCHC Resources, Inc. One of the challenges we are asked for help with is
Feb 24, 2020
For Immigrant Youth – and Everyone – Therapy Information Must Be Confidential
NCCHC opposes using information about young immigrant detainees, obtained during therapy and presumed to be confidential, in asylum decisions.
Feb 20, 2020
Supporting Organizations Oppose Sharing Immigrant Youths’ Confidential Psychotherapy Information
Several NCCHC supporting organizations have publicly stated their opposition to sharing confidential information gained during therapy sessions as contrary to medical ethics and effective
Apr 29, 2020
Transitions in Health Services: Don’t Let Change Disrupt Patient Care
By Brent R. Gibson, MD, MPH, CAE, FACPM, CCHP-P As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge society, and corrections in particular, it’s important not
Apr 20, 2020
Correctional Health, Public Health & COVID-19
by Alison O. Jordan, MSW, LCSW “Correctional health is public health”—We say this often, but what does it mean? It means that the correctional
Apr 13, 2020
New Opportunties to Save Lives in Jails and Prisons Amidst Twin Crises
After two decades of a growing opioid crisis, we are now confronting a second crisis – the COVID-19 pandemic. With no proven treatments or
Apr 9, 2020
NCCHC Calls on President, Legislators to Support Adequate PPE for Corrections
NCCHC has received many inquiries regarding a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for correctional staff and inmates. A recent study completed with researchers
Apr 9, 2020
NCCHC and Harvard University Researchers Release Study on Coronavirus in Corrections
Correctional staff have a higher infection rate than inmates. More testing and PPE is needed.
Apr 6, 2020
Guidance for Telemedicine – Start the Innovation Engines
As April starts, the country remains in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities nationwide are facing issues of quarantine and isolation, loss of
