The mission of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care is to improve the quality of health care in jails, prisons and juvenile confinement facilities. Read More ›
Research & Policy ›
- Children and young adolescents who come in contact with the juvenile justice system need access to developmentally appropriate, trauma-infor…
- Regen-COV (monoclonal antibody) is now approved under EUA for use in correctional populations to prevent COVID infection under specific cond…
- More than 50 health care professional organizations have called for all health care employers to require their employees to be vaccinated ag…
Announcements ›
- Catch up on Correctional Health Care Online November 17-18, 2021.
- The National Conference will be live in Chicago, Oct. 30-Nov. 3. Join us!
- NCCHC mourns the loss of a correctional health care pioneer and dear friend, Dianne Rechtine, MD, CCHP-A. Her ties to the organization were…
What's New ›
As the United States battles a growing opioid epidemic, corrections professionals face the considerable demands of managing a population in...
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and extremely effective against severe disease and death from COVID. And yet, the CDC reports that as of August ...
Q: We are starting to use inmate workers at our jail. What do we need to do to ensure we are following NCCHC standards? A: Great questi...