Assessment of Stakeholder Perceptions and Cost of Implementing a Telemedicine Specialty Program at Correctional Facilities in North Carolina.

Background Delivering in-person health care to the more than 1.2 million incarcerated adults can be expensive, logistically challenging, fragmented, and pose security risks. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of a specialty care telemedicine program in statewide prisons in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Effect of Clozapine on Time Assigned to Restrictive Housing in a State Prison Population.

This study examined the effect of clozapine on time assigned to restrictive housing (RH; i.e., solitary confinement), disciplinary infractions, and assaults on custody staff among patients treated within the North Carolina prison system.

Implementation and Evaluation of a Telemedicine Program for Specialty Care in North Carolina Correctional Facilities.

This cross-sectional study evaluates the implementation of a telemedicine program in North Carolina prisons based on responses from individuals who were incarcerated, health care practitioners, and telepresenters.

Clozapine Reduces Self-Injurious Behavior in a State Prison Population.

Self-injurious behavior (SIB) is a common, disruptive, and costly occurrence in U.S. prisons.