＃social Many issues in Delaware's prison health system remain unaddressed GEOG203

Despite years of recommendations focusing on problems in the Delaware Department of Correction's healthcare system, a report issued Thursday by the state's largest private healthcare provider found that many have not been addressed.

Take a recommendation from the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2017 that found Delaware "was one of 26% of states that did not report having a quality monitoring system and was among 17% of states that reported that vendor contracts did not include quality metrics," according to the report released Thursday by ChristianaCare. Those same findings are still present in today's prison system – an issue reflected in the mounting number of lawsuits filed each month by Delaware prisoners against both the DOC and its contracted health provider, Connections Community Support Programs.

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Parra, E. (2019, December 5). Many issues in Delaware's prison health system remain unaddressed, report says. Retrieved from https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/12/05/many-issues-delawares-prison-health-system-remain-unaddressed-report-says/2617446001/.