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Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Medicare Now Available to Those on Probation and Parole by On November 1, 2024, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule change that updates the definition of who is “in custody” and therefore ineligible for Medicare health coverage. As of that date, those under community …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Health care
California Extends Medi-Cal Health Benefits to Prisoners Nearing Release by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD On January 26, 2023, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted California approval of a plan to extend Medi-Cal, the state’s equivalent to Medicaid, which provides health insurance to low-income …
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Health care
The Reincorporation of Prisoners Into the Body Politic - Eliminating the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy Volume XXVIII, Number 3, Spring 2021 ARTICLES The Reincorporation of Prisoners into the Body Politic: Eliminating the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy Mira Edmonds* Incarcerated people are excluded from …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Study Shows Solitary Confinement Poses Mortality Risk After Release by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In recent years, a growing outcry has been raised against the practice of confining prisoners in solitary, even for short periods, because of the connection between solitary and the impairment of overall mental health, especially …
Association of Restrictive Housing With Mortality, JAMA, 2019 Original Investigation | Public Health Association of Restrictive Housing During Incarceration With Mortality After Release Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD; Josie Sivaraman, MSPH; David L. Rosen, PhD, MD; David H. Cloud, JD, MPH; Gary Junker, PhD; Scott Proescholdbell, MPH; Meghan E. Shanahan, PhD; Shabbar …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Study Shows Care for HIV-Positive Prisoners Poor after Release, Worse for Those Re-Incarcerated by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A study published by the Public Library of Science on October 18, 2018 found that prisoners with HIV tend not to retain their level of care after being released, and that …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Illinois Agrees to Sweeping Prison Health Care Reforms by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  In a consent decree filed in federal district court on January 3, 2019, Illinois agreed to overhaul medical care in its Department of Corrections (DOC). The resolution of the nine-year-old litigation was prompted by repeated reports …
Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Filed under: Medical, Health care
Illinois Ends Medical Co-Pays for Prisoners, But DOC Healthcare Criticized by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In June 2018, Illinois lawmakers voted to end the practice of charging $5.00 co-payments to state prisoners for each medical visit – a disproportionate fee, since prison wages in the state range from $0.09 …
Publication • October 9, 2018
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Health care
PLOS Medicine: Retention in HIV care during the 3 years following release from incarceration: A cohort study, 2018 RESEARCH ARTICLE Retention in HIV care during the 3 years following release from incarceration: A cohort study Kelsey B. Loeliger ID1,2, Jaimie P. Meyer ID1*, Mayur M. Desai ID3, Maria M. Ciarleglio …
Publication • September 10, 2018
ACLU Smart Justice Montana - Set Up to Fail - Montana's Probation and Parole System, 2018 Acknowledgments The ACLU of Montana expresses its deepest appreciation to those who contributed their time, expertise, and personal stories to this report. Those most impacted by the inequities and flaws of the probation and …
Council for Court Excellence - Second Chances: Returning Citizens' Re-Entry Struggles and Successes in the District of Columbia, 2016 DECEMBER 2016 BEYOND SECOND CHANCES RETURNING CITIZENS’ RE-ENTRY STRUGGLES AND SUCCESSES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Council for Court Excellence Improving Justice for the Community w w w. c o u …
Publication • May 24, 2013
District of Columbia Corrections Information Council, Hope Village Inspection Report, 2013 District of Columbia Corrections Information Council (CIC) Michelle R. Bonner, Chair Katharine A. Huffman Reverend Samuel Whittaker May 24, 2013 To: Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia Council of the District of Columbia Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Charles Samuels, …