News Report | August 28, 2016
54% Of State Prison Systems Delivered Inpatient Psych Care On Prison Campus; 88% Delivered On-Site Outpatient Mental Health Care
About 54% of state prison systems (27 states) delivered inpatient mental health care on-site at the prison campus in 2011. About 88% of states (44 states) delivered outpatient mental health care on-site at the prison.
In addition, about 62% of state prison systems (31 states) delivered care for chronic diseases on-site at the prison. About 70% of state prison systems (35 states) delivered long-term, nursing home care, or hospice care on-site. About 60% of state prison systems (30 states) used telemedicine for specialty care, and of those, most (28 states) used it for psychiatry. For . . .