Correctional Health Services

Adult Correctional Health provides legally mandated health care services to adult inmates within the county jail system. Services include physical health, behavioral health, dental, pharmaceutical services, and ancillary services. Adult Correctional Health contracts with hospital systems or other providers for mental health and substance use, specialty care and inpatient services.

Juvenile Correctional Health (JCH) is responsible for providing legally mandated health care services to the youth in the Youth Detention Facility (YDF). Under the umbrella of the Department of Health Services, Primary Health Division, Juvenile Correctional Health employs an interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers, registered nurses, and administrative staff responsible for providing relevant and continually evolving healthcare practices that will ensure high quality services and efficient service delivery.