在新奥尔良的一个同情释放试点
Colette Stanley1, Katherine Sonderegger2, Cinnamon Tucker3
1Department of General Internal Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
概括
对绝症和残疾囚犯的同情释放未得到充分利用. 涉及社区医生的多学科方法可以提高释放率,尽管实施方面仍存在挑战.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
背景情况:
- 监狱人口老龄化和医疗保健成本上升需要有效的释放机制.
- 对绝症和残疾人的同情释放是一个未被充分利用的选择,特别是在路易斯安那州,这是监禁率最高的州.
- 目前的系统在促进同情释放方面面临挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估利用社区医生提高同情释放率的有效性.
- 分析路易斯安那州一个协作,多学科的方法对同情释放的结果.
主要方法:
- 在2022年8月1日至2023年12月31日期间,对患者进行了回顾性分析,要求同情释放.
- 医疗保健提供者,律师和州卫生和惩戒部门之间的合作.
- 对患者的资格,潜在的疾病和释放结果的审查.
主要成果:
- 在研究期间,有18名患者有资格获得同情释放,大多数患者年龄在56-75岁之间.
- 四名患者被释放,八人在拘留期间死亡,六人仍被监禁.
- 该研究强调了尽管符合资格,但释放率的差异.
结论:
- 一个协调的,涉及社区医生的多学科方法可以积极影响同情释放率.
- 需要进一步努力来解决障碍,并改善对符合条件的被监禁人员的同情释放的利用.
- 该模型显示了改善终身护理和减少监禁负担的潜力.
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