Corrections Connection: This Week In Corrections

sam:
Due to numbers of suicide attempt incident this year, we are recently change our razor policy. I hope this help in someway, we collected all the razor and allow inmates to check out the razor with their IDs once a day, either in the morning before heading out to Court or later at night before lockdown. They must return the razor with in an hour of checking it out. I am hoping this way we save money and be vigilant while we are supervise prisoners in a unit.
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“I Can’t Eat That!” Introduction to Food Allergies in Corrections

By Jeffrey E. Keller MD

In my previous incarnation as an emergency physician (before I discovered “The Way” of correctional medicine), I saw a lot of cases of acute allergic reactions. It is a very common emergency complaint; I have probably seen hundreds in my career. But when I began my jail medicine career, I was still unprepared for the sheer volume of food allergies claimed by inmates. Who knew so many inmates had so many food allergies?

Of course, most of them don’t. Most just don’t want to eat something on the jail menu. Inmates believe that if they claim an allergy to a food they dislike, you cannot serve it to them. They will claim allergies to tomatoes, onions, mayo, etc., when really, they just don’t like these foods. full story

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Commissioner - Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority

The State of Kansas is accepting resumes from qualified and interested applicants for the Commissioner of the Juvenile Justice Authority. The Commissioner of juvenile justice is a cabinet level position which reports to the Governor. The Commissioner is responsible for the care, custody and control of juvenile offenders and all operations of the Juvenile Justice Authority. The position is responsible for the following functions: operations (including two correctional facilities operated by the State of Kansas and oversight and funding of multiple community placement programs), budget, research and prevention, contracts, performance audits, and administration of juvenile justice system reforms.

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