Michigan has implemented a mental health jail diversion program geared toward getting those individuals with nonviolent misdemeanor charges diverted to treatment programs rather than incarceration. They have teamed up with an unlikely partner, Easter Seals, to create the program. Not only is treatment enhanced for the mentally ill but nuisance calls to the police are reduced and resources can be shifted to crime prevention. Jails now…
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Inmates Say the Darndest Things!
I’ve written before about the literacy level of our patients. This is not meant in any way to belittle or trivialize their plight. However, they DO send us some interesting messages via sick call slips with some frankly funny requests. I gleaned these gems from my friends over at the correctional nursing forum on allnurses.com. This is a great community…
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Featured Video: Correctional Nursing in Washington State
This is a short video with some examples of correctional nursing practice in a prison setting. The speaker, Dana Outtersetter, RN, is a nurse manager at this facility. She says nurses are apprehensive about working in corrections because of what is shown on TV. This is so true. The sensationalization of the prison experience by shows like Lock-up, Oz and…
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