Week 7: Incarceration, Correctional Health, and Social Systems

Levels of the correctional system

community supervision, remand, provincial correctional system, federal

Community supervision

parole, probation

Remand

held in custody awaiting trial

Provincial

less then 2 years sentencing

Federal

more than 2 years sentencing

Recidivism

higher rates of recidivism and reentry into prisons for indigenous and black offenders

Incarceration and health

higher levels of chronic illness, mental health, mortality, infection

Individual level of incarceration

increased risk of mental illness, poor health conditions, and lost social support

Family level of incarceration

stress, strain, lost relations, divorce, family income

Community level of incarceration

disputed social ties, increased poverty, childhood development

Society levels of incarceration

sustained poverty, intergenerational race and class inequality

Reintegration

education, system reform, addressing structural causes, mental health, employment opportunities, social supports

Moral and ethical dimensions of corrections nursing

client safety vs institutional security

Correctional nursing role

build therapeutic relationships, complete health histories, immunizations, chronic conditions, client education

Nursing role post incarceration

intersectoral collab for housing, community supports, employment, reconnection with family

Prisoners health is

public health

Prisoners rights are

human rights