(06/21/2011)
CAMP VERDE, Ariz. — The National Association of Counties (NACo) selected Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh as a 2011 recipient of its national Courthouse award. The purpose of the award is to profile elected county officials who have improved the lives of citizens through outstanding governance and strong leadership.
(04/01/2011)
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — With plans to build a county prerelease center no longer on the table, Schuylkill County commissioners gave County Administrator Mark Scarbinsky approval during a recent prison board meeting to renegotiate a multi-year contract between the county and Harrisburg-based Prime Care Medical Inc.
(03/14/2011)
Correctional healthcare services provider Correctional Medical Services, Inc. was awarded a contract with the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections in Louisville, Ky., valued at more than $5 million annually.
(11/30/2010)
Gregory Cook of HOK discusses Correctional Health Professional certification and what he sees as the future of correctional healthcare architecture.
(11/15/2010)
HOK's Gregory Cook recently added CCHP — Certified Correctional Health Professional — to his list of accreditations.
(11/12/2010)
The New York Department of Corrections’ new automated central pharmacy is on schedule to be completed next spring and DOC officials predict it will save taxpayers $1.5 million a year.
(08/17/2010)
Maricopa County lawmakers plan to invest up to $10 million in an electronic records system in an effort to improve substandard inmate healthcare services and record keeping.
(08/13/2010)
State officials in California reached an agreement with the city of Stockton to construct a $900 million prison hospital.
(05/25/2010)
The University of California system could soon oversee the medical care program for prison inmates if state lawmakers and federal judges pass a plan proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(05/04/2010)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected California's petition to remove prison healthcare from federal oversight.
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