From Loyola University, LSU Health, and VOTE:
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC) is
required to provide medical and mental healthcare - consistent with
community standards - to approximately 16,000 people incarcerated
in DPSC facilities.1 This brief report, requested by Louisiana House
Concurrent Resolution 91 (2020), identifies the challenges and obstacles
for incarcerated people in receiving constitutionally adequate healthcare.
This brief provides an overview of healthcare needs for incarcerated people
and then identifies challenges for adequate healthcare services in terms of
access, care delivery, and administration. Read the full Brief here.
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