Guidelines and Position Statements

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Evaluation of Incarcerated People in Custody-ordered Restraints (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Posted on Aug 13, 2009

Introduction
Recognizing that restraints can be a necessary tool that custody staff must sometimes use to control the behavior of in...
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Compassionate Medical Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Posted on Aug 13, 2009

Introduction
As the burden of chronic illness increases in society, more people are entering custody with serious medical conditions...
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Letter To the Editor of JAMA: Lethal Injection (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Posted on Dec 10, 2008
To the Editor:

Black and Sade recently wrote in JAMA about legal and ethical concerns around possible physician participation in the crimin...
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Endorsement: Prisoner Research (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Posted on Dec 9, 2008
The Board of the Society of Correctional Physicians endorses the recommendations of the Committee on Ethical Considerations for Revisions to DHHS Regu...
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Annual Conference Meeting & Event Calendar
Oct 10, 2010
Managing the Difficult Incarcerated Patient SCP event
 
Oct 09, 2010 - Oct 13, 2010
National Conference on Correctional Health Care