Corrections_Today_May_June_2020_Vol.82_No.3

Policies and Resolutions

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WHEREAS , providing timely assessments and appropriate services may result in the prevention of further transmission of communicable diseases in the community; and WHEREAS , staff serving in justice-involved sys- tems can be exposed to these diseases in the course of their daily duties and placed at high risk; and WHEREAS , there is a need to develop and sus- tain educational and immunization programs for persons in the justice-involved systems; and WHEREAS , the justice-involved systems have a responsibility to improve public health through education, immunization, prevention and treatment of an at-risk population; and WHEREAS , there is no single source of in- formation and resources dealing with the issue of juvenile and adult offender health care; and WHEREAS , there is a need to expand collabo- ration among the various components of the adult and juvenile justice systems and public health systems; and now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the American Correctional Association supports and

Editor’s Note : The following public correc- tional policies and resolutions printed below were reviewed by the Resolutions and Policies Commit- tee and then approved for adoption by the ACA Board of Governors and Delegate Assembly at the 2020 Winter Conference in San Diego. Supporting the Creation of an Office of CORRECTIONAL Health Care WHEREAS , the American Correctional As- sociation affirms that comprehensive health care includes prevention, intervention, education and treatment for physical, behavioral health issues, and other health-related problems; and WHEREAS , many justice-involved individu- als have or are at risk for communicable diseases, behavioral health issues and other health-related problems; and WHEREAS , a public health crisis is occurring in our nation and its justice-involved systems; and WHEREAS , correctional health is in line with public health and applies prevention, interven- tion, and treatment strategies in justice-involved population; and

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