Prison PT
Caring for the incarcerated
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prison health costs
curiosity Having been at the prison almost a year now, I have a better idea of how much effort and time is devoted towards prison healthcare….at least at our prison. It’s a lot. According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan fiscal and policy advocate for California, here are the average medical costs per incarcerated…
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inmate perspective #9
morals and ethics I got a good chuckle and a worthy lesson from on of my patients who is incarcerated on the now defunct Death Row. Since the death penalty doesn’t exist in this state now, this means he’s a lifer without the possibility of parole. He resides on a tier in the prison that…
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inmate perspective #8
I’m innocent As is common, this is the 3rd visit in and he begins to share. He’d always been kind of quiet, respectful. “I know everyone says this, but I’m in here for something I didn’t do it. I didn’t have a criminal history.” I continue on with my manual therapy, just listening. I never…
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don’t you want to know?
It’s not all roses As you might imagine, as a health care professional in this setting, you’re going to come in contact with some unsavory experiences. And I have. At times, a dichotomy exists between how a person behaves and the reason they’re incarcerated. I don’t make it a point to know the reason my…
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