title: Successful reentry: the perspective of private correctional health care providers.
abstract: Due to public health and safety concerns, discharge planning is increasingly prioritized by correctional systems when preparing prisoners for their reintegration into the community. Annually, private correctional health care vendors provide $3 billion of health care services to inmates in correctional facilities throughout the U.S., but rarely are contracted to provide transitional health care. A discussion with 12 people representing five private nationwide correctional health care providers highlighted the barriers they face when implementing transitional health care and what templates of services health care companies could provide to state and counties to enhance the reentry process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY 10019, USA. jmellow@jjay.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mellow
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Greifinger
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008483:Medical Assistance / Q000458:organization & administration; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States