The correctional health system, which is widely recognized as an important venue for caring for persons who were medically marginalized prior to incarceration, (5,7,17-18) operates under a set of guidelines and policies enumerated in most cases by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.
As of the time of this incident, the ADC had been accredited for more than ten years by both the American Correctional Association and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, two organizations whose training requirements often surpass minimal consti tutional standards.
The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) in Chicago and the National Prison Hospice Association in Boulder, CO, have had an increase in phone calls from hospices and prisons interested in starting new programs.
During this tenure, according to an IDOC analysis, PHS saved the IDOC over $62,500,000 in healthcare costs while successfully obtaining system-wide accreditation of all 32 prison sites by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) for the first time in the department's history.
Sufrin identifies the need for further research documenting women's experience and the development of policy guidelines from relevant standard-setting organizations, such as the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.
