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How PA handles prison medical care

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

How Pa. handles prison medical care By: JO CIAVAGLIA The Intelligencer In the Pennsylvania state prison system, men diagnosed with cancer could be transferred to Graterford Prison, where a chemotherapy suite was installed in 2005. The prison in Montgomery County is only one of five state prisons with specialized medical units that can treat prisoners with complicated, chronic medical needs, a population whose numbers are growing, according to corrections experts. As of last July, 42 percent of state prisoners had at least one chronic illness, up from 39 percent in 2006, according to Prison Health Services, a for-profit company responsible for prison health care. The number of inmates requiring infirmary or surgical care soared from 75 to 453 between 2006 and July, 2008...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).