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Dealing with Chronic Disease in Jail
Living with a chronic disease is challenging in any setting. Those challenges can feel even more overwhelming when someone with a chronic illness is in jail. Patients may worry about missed medications, unmanaged symptoms, or whether their health needs will ...
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Understanding Noncompliant Patients in Jail Settings
There’s no question that there are some noncompliant patients in jails. They may provide a medical history that doesn’t make sense or none at all. ...
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Treating Women’s Health in Jails
Less than 10% of jail populations are women, but the number of incarcerated women is growing more rapidly than that of men. Many people arrive ...
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Jail vs. Prison: What’s the Difference?
People often use the words jail and prison as if they mean the same thing. While both are correctional settings, they serve different purposes. Understanding ...
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TK Health Expands to Wisconsin
TK Health started the new year by expanding to Wisconsin. The expansion means the company now partners with law enforcement officials in 14 states to ...
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Fighting Infectious Diseases in Jails
Infectious diseases can spread quickly in jails, where people live in close quarters, often after arriving with untreated health needs. People in jail have higher ...
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How Does Incarceration Impact Families?
Many people may think they’ll never be touched by legal issues. But the truth is that millions of people are incarcerated each year. And those ...
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