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Report finds Delaware Prison Health Care Failures

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North Branch Cumberland Correctional Institution

A new report finds that the Delaware Department of Correction has found a series of problems with its health care system.

The ChristianaCare report found that there is a lack of communications within the department as well as poor morale among the staff.

For example, the Wilmington News Journal reports that the study found that there is no comprehensive information about the prisons system’s use of the overdose drug naloxone, how it’s being administered or an assessment of the interventions.

The report makes a number of recommendations ranging from restructuring the Delaware prison health care bureau and assessments of treatment to fixing the health record system and upping the quality of the staffing and conditions.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.