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May 03, 2006 | corrections.com

Community and Corrections Partner through Innovative Health Care Program

by Jim Montalto, News Editor

The Massachusetts Hampden County Correctional Center's success in linking community and correctional health care inspired the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to allocate a $7.5 million grant to create Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS). The organization will provide technical assistance and consulting services to jails looking to replicate Hampden's comprehensive health care plan for inmates during and after incarceration.

May 01, 2006 | corrections.com

Health Care Model Links Corrections with Community Clinics

by Jim Montalto, News Editor

Last week the Center for Disease Control reported that in fall 2005 about 91 percent of HIV-positive male inmates in Georgia were living with the virus before imprisonment. According to the CDC publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, about 1.9 percent of the state's 44,900 male inmates tested positive upon entering prison.

Download Affiliations between Health Centers and Local Correctional Facilities to Provide Continuity of Care for Offenders, a manual describing the legal relationships possible between health care centers and local correctional facilities. Produced by COCHS with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LP, legal counsel for the National Association of Community Health Centers.

Download Contracting for Health Care Service in Local Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities: Achieving a Community-Based Standard of Care, a guide for procuring community-based health care services in correctional facilities. Produced by COCHS with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LP, legal counsel for the National Association of Community Health Centers.

Please visit our partner sites: Community Oriented Correctional Health Services (COCHS), Juvenile Offenders Community Health Services (JOCHS) and COCHS M.A.P.Tool^©.