Federal Strategy Is Needed To Help Improve Medical and Dental Care in Prisons and Jails

The health care delivery systems of most prisons and jails are inadequate because of deficiencies in ensuring adequate levels of care, physical examinations, medical records, staffing, facilities, and equipment. Officials said that they lacked funds to make improvements. Should those needs continue to be underfunded, it is critical that ways to improve utilization of all available resources be examined.