NCJ Number
181377
Editor(s)
Alice Fins
Date Published
1999
Length
238 pages
Annotation
Assembled from some of the most important articles that recently appeared in "Corrections Today," "Corrections Compendium," and "The State of Corrections," these 25 essays discuss current corrections developments in the areas of health care, substance abuse treatment, technology, law, privatization, restorative justice, and media relations.
Abstract
The first essay proposes an aggressive plan of action for countering the increasing incidence of HIV and TB in prison, followed by an essay that examines the public health implications of the risky practices of inmate tattooing and body piercing. Other essays pertinent to inmate health care address the use of "telemedicine," guidelines for implementing inmate medical fees, mental illness as a chronic condition, correctional staff health and wellness, juvenile health care, the needs of elderly offenders, bioethics in corrections, and the integration of substance abuse and domestic violence treatment. Other essays that focus on various treatment methods include a review of the history effectiveness, and prospects for therapeutic communities, drug courts and jail-based treatment, and the continuation of treatment in the community after release from inmate treatment programs. A number of essays focus on technologies that have relevance for corrections, including new technologies, Internet use and access, the Internet as a technology and information resource, and the evaluation of correctional technology. Remaining essays discuss the Prison Litigation Reform Act, the civil disabilities of convicted felons, the private prison industry, the concept of restorative justice and some of the problems in its implementation, parameters for inmate media access, and corrections professionals' struggle against negative stereotypes. A subject index