Prison Health Care

Whichever the case , the high incidence rates of chronic diseases among the prisoners , places more burden to the prison health care and eventually affects the effectiveness of the same

According to (Sanchez 2005 ) most prisons in United States lack enough medical personnel to cater for the medical needs of the inmates . Due to understaffing , it becomes impossible for inmates to receive immediate medical attention when they fall sick . Some inmates are necessitated to wait for some days before they are attended to , an issue that can lead to death if the problem

happens to be an emergency . In addition the majority of the staff are usually not qualified enough to handle all the cases . There have been instances where wrong diagnosis has been made , a situation which leads to poor intervention measures most of which cannot be helpful to any patient . A highlighted above , most prison health care service lacks specialists to handle some sensitive medical conditions or any medical condition that requires specialized attention

In for any health care to be effective , some medical programs require to be put in place . The prison health care services lack some of the important programs that help in the delivery of medical services Since in most prisons there are many cases of HIV , programs should be put in place to educate prisoners on safer sex and other measures that can help prevent the transmission of HIV and Aids . Most of the prison health care services do not have adequate programs to deal with chronic diseases like asthma and hypertension . However , lack of these programs can be linked to lack of well trained professionals who can come up with helpful programs

Just like in other health care systems , lack of enough finances affects the prison health care services . Most of the prison health...