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 ›
- 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…
- CDC to distribute $700 million to 64 state and local jurisdictions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in confinement facilities, includi…
What's New ›
It is hard to imagine now, but in the late 1960s and early 1970s there were only about 400,000 individuals housed in prisons and jails in t...
Over the past few months, I’ve had conversations with a number of our nation’s sheriffs and jail commanders. I’ve been thinking about...
Sunday marks the start of National Suicide Prevention Week, Sept. 5-11, 2021. Now more than ever, we need to work together to stop suicide....