Lorry is joined by Mari Knight and Catherine Knox to discuss the latest correctional health care news items. New study examines health factors influence on ex-prisoners’ chances of returning to jail The first news item is a study out of Australia that links health factors to recidivism. In this exploratory study of prisoners from seven institutions in Queensland, those inmates…
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Many of us have been closely watching the unfolding events surrounding the NY Prison Break over the last month. Here is a timeline of events, concluding with the death of convicted killer Matt and the shooting and capture of convicted killer Sweat in upstate New York. Early in the story Joyce Mitchell, a prison worker who managed the tailor shop…
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Sonya Khilnani, PhD, CCHP, a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral health manager for Corizon in Brentwood, TN, joins Lorry to talk about compassion fatigue in correctional health care practice. This was the topic of an article she wrote for the Spring 2015 CorrectCare magazine. Telltale Signs of Compassion Fatigue We are in a ‘sea of trauma’ in the correctional setting…
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