Subpoenas have been issued at your jail for an inmate claim that his continuing headaches were ignored and he was…
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Correctional Nurse Legal Briefs: Understanding Serious Medical Needs
In September, 2012, the MA Department of Corrections was ordered by a federal judge to provide sex-reassignment surgery for a…
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Correctional Nurse Legal Briefs: Understanding Deliberate Indifference
Inmate Barto is suing the medical director and nurses at your jail facility for not treating his leg ulcer that…
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Responding to Inmate Sexual Assault and Prison Rape
The statistics on prison rape are shocking. According to the 2013 Department of Justice study, 4% of all state and…
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Legal History of Correctional Nursing – Part II
Two terms which guide correctional healthcare emerged from case law surrounding the Estelle v GambleSupreme Court ruling. The ruling cited…
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