Other Resources
Tools and Guidance from NCCHC and Partners
The following resources on some of the field’s most pressing issues have been developed by NCCHC in partnership with our supporting organizations and other collaborators.
Correctional Health Care Foundational Materials
- Correctional Health Care: Guidelines for the Management of an Adequate Delivery System (2001, NCCHC and the National Institute of Corrections)
- The Health Status of Soon-To-Be-Released Inmates: A Report to Congress, Volume 1 (2002, NCCHC and the National Institute of Justice)
- The Health Status of Soon-To-Be-Released Inmates: A Report to Congress, Volume 2 (2002, NCCHC and the National Institute of Justice)
COVID-19
- CDC Guidance for Correctional and Detention Facilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Interim Guidance on Management of COVID-19 in Correctional and Detention Facilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- COVID-19/Coronavirus (Federal Bureau of Prisons)
- COVID-19 in a Correctional Facility: Answers, Advice and Actions (Amend at UCSF)
- Detection and Mitigation of COVID-19 in Confinement Facilities Guidance (2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- NCCHC – Harvard University COVID-19 Survey of Correctional Facilities report (2020, NCCHC and Harvard University)
- NCCHC standard on Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (2018, NCCHC)
- Prevention Practices for Operations (2020, NCCHC)
- Respirators vs. Masks (2020, NCCHC and Major County Sheriffs of America)
- Social Distancing for Correctional Facilities (2020, NCCHC)
Nursing
These articles by Lori Roscoe, DNP, PhD, APRN, CCHP-RN, discuss various areas of correctional nursing practice.
- Legal Issues
- Ethical Issues, Moral Courage, and Moral Resiliency in Correctional Nursing
- Professionalism in Correctional Nursing
- Screening, Health Assessment, and Sick Call
- Therapeutic Communication in Correctional Nursing
- Regulations, Standards, Policies, Procedures, and Protocols
- Health Promotion and Maintenance
- Continuity of Care
- Preparing to Take the CCHP-RN Exam
MAT/MOUD
- Guidelines for Managing Substance Withdrawal in Jails: A Tool for Local Government Officials, Jail Administrators,
Correctional Officers, and Health Care Professionals (2023, Bureau of Justice Assistance) - Jail-Based Medication-Assisted Treatment: Promising Practices, Guidelines, and Resources (2018, NCCHC and National Sheriffs’ Association)
- From the General Public to American Jails: MAT Saves Lives (2021, NCCHC Foundation and Indivior)
- Video: Getting Buy In for MAT produced by the Rhode Island Department of Correction (hosted on Vimeo)
Patient Safety
- Patient Safety White Paper (Updated 2023, Marc Stern, MD, MPH)
Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention Resource Guide: National Response Plan for Suicide Prevention in Corrections (2019, NCCHC and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)