Hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and respiratory infections are just some of the chronic conditions that are seen in prisoners. Inmates are thirty percent more likely to have asthma, fifty percent more likely to have diabetes, and 90 percent more likely to have a heart attack. (Cecere, 2009) Eighty-nine percent of the deaths in prison are due to illnesses. Some of the major contributors are heart disease, liver disease, respiratory disease and cancer. (Noonan, 2015) Outside of jail, citizens have access to inhalers to control asthma, insulin to control diabetes, and heart medication to alleviate heart problems. Inside of jail, prisoners are not able to get these medications and are therefore put at a higher risk to experience severe health
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During these vaccinations there could be education sessions on other disease such as HIV and STDS. By providing information, education and even medication there could be a serious reduction in communicable and sexually transmitted disease. One study found that nearly one third of inmates entering prison are not tested for HIV and therefore not treated. It also pointed out there is a stigma that comes with having HIV, which deters them from taking medication. Effective treatment of the virus would mean taking a medication multiple times per day. Not only do most facilities only distribute medications once per day, it also would draw attention to an inmate who had to receive medication multiple times. (Wakeman, 2010) Testing the whole population and making time to give medications in a private scenario would help decrease the spread of HIV and increase the infected inmates …show more content…
Telemedicine is being able to have digital screenings that connect inmates to doctors and let doctors diagnose medical conditions without having to leave the prison. This would be beneficial from a cost perspective because it would reduce transportation and guard transport to treatment facilities. Telemedicine is relatively new but the prisons and jails that have implemented it have seen its both its health and financial benefits. Texas is one of the states that widely uses telemedicine and has spent close to half of the national average on prisoner’s medical treatment. (Ollove,
During these vaccinations there could be education sessions on other disease such as HIV and STDS. By providing information, education and even medication there could be a serious reduction in communicable and sexually transmitted disease. One study found that nearly one third of inmates entering prison are not tested for HIV and therefore not treated. It also pointed out there is a stigma that comes with having HIV, which deters them from taking medication. Effective treatment of the virus would mean taking a medication multiple times per day. Not only do most facilities only distribute medications once per day, it also would draw attention to an inmate who had to receive medication multiple times. (Wakeman, 2010) Testing the whole population and making time to give medications in a private scenario would help decrease the spread of HIV and increase the infected inmates …show more content…
Telemedicine is being able to have digital screenings that connect inmates to doctors and let doctors diagnose medical conditions without having to leave the prison. This would be beneficial from a cost perspective because it would reduce transportation and guard transport to treatment facilities. Telemedicine is relatively new but the prisons and jails that have implemented it have seen its both its health and financial benefits. Texas is one of the states that widely uses telemedicine and has spent close to half of the national average on prisoner’s medical treatment. (Ollove,