The lawsuit filed in each state alleged the constitutional rights of the inmates were being violated by the prison’s failure to accommodate their religious practices and provide adequate nutrition.
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Do More Deaths at Virginia Women’s Prison Show Inadequate Care Persists?
There’s been a long-running controversy about the quality of health care inmates receive at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Virginia.
Read More »Lack of Data Leaves BOP At Risk for Healthcare Fraud
BOP cannot verify all claims were for necessary, non-duplicative services.
Read More »Federal Bureau of Prisons Needs to Understand, Control Health Costs: Report
Since 2009, while the agency has planned or carried out heath care cost control measures, it has yet to evaluate the effectiveness of those measures. Of 16 cost-control programs BOP identified, it could document cost savings from only one.
Read More »Heath Care Falls Short for Aging Inmates – BOP Seeks Better Data
With the general population of federal prisons growing older, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is looking for ways of analyzing its healthcare data in order to improve healthcare services for aging prisoners.
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