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RE: Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Smyrna, Delaware; Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Wilmington, Delaware; Sussex Correctional Institution, Georgetown, Delaware; John L. Webb Correctional Facility, Wilmington, Delaware; and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution, New Castle, Delaware
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RE: Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Smyrna, Delaware; Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Wilmington, Delaware; Sussex Correctional Institution, Georgetown, Delaware; John L. Webb Correctional Facility, Wilmington, Delaware; and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution, New Castle, Delaware [and]
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Part 2: RE: Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Smyrna, Delaware; Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Wilmington, Delaware; Sussex Correctional Institution, Georgetown, Delaware; John L. Webb Correctional Facility, Wilmington, Delaware; and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution, New Castle, Delaware [and]
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U.S. Dept. of Justice. Civil Rights Division. Special Litigation Section (Washington, DC)
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Published 2006.
44 pages.
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Constitutional legal issues
(Justice System)
Delaware
Medical services
(Offender Services)
Mental health
(Offender Services)
Results of an investigation regarding the conditions and practices at five Delaware Department of Corrections facilities are presented. Findings are given for: medical care; sick call; acute care; chronic care; specialty care; skin infections; medication administration and management; mental health care; psychiatric staffing deficiencies; treatment planning and counseling deficiencies; psychotropic medication administration and management; intake and screening; and suicide prevention. Minimum remedial measures to address the identified constitutional deficiencies are included with a memorandum of agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Delaware regarding remedies needed at four of the five (the John L. Webb Correctional Facility being excluded) investigated facilities.
Accession Number: 022097
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