WHAT'S NEW

Inmate suicide is one of the most serious challenges in corrections. To help the field save lives, we share our standards on suicide prevention and other use… Continue Reading ›

August 20, 1-3 pm CDT 

Two years in the making, the 2018 Standards were revised, reorganized and simplified to create a more user-friendly guide for those… Continue Reading ›

John R. Miles, MPA, editor of the Journal of Correctional Health Care, argues for accreditation and health care standards in his Editor’s Letter publis… Continue Reading ›

The Summer 2018 issue is now posted as a PDF. Read about the new standards, what it means to be a CCHP, the latest Suicide Prevention Summit and more!

This presentation will focus on the high-level changes to the standards, including an overview of the seven general areas of the standards used in NCCHC’s … Continue Reading ›

The 2018 editions have been revised, reorganized and simplified to improve their usefulness. 

Two years in the making, NCCHC’s 2018 Standards for … Continue Reading ›

The year is off to a great start at NCCHC, with lots of “new” – from our new CEO, Jim Pavletich, to advances in technology for accreditation and the Ce… Continue Reading ›

New editions of NCCHC’s landmark Standards for Health Services for jails and prisons will be available in April. First published in 1976 and 1979, respect… Continue Reading ›

NCCHC Accreditation Specialist James Martin, MPSA, CCHP, attended a roundtable meeting on Feb. 3 to discuss medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for justice-… Continue Reading ›

At the second session of the Executive Curriculum for State Medical Directors program, top medical officials from several states’ departments of correction… Continue Reading ›