Health News from Medical News Today: Medical Experts Make A Case For Broader Use Of Compassionate Release In The Nation's Prison System

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Medical Experts Make A Case For Broader Use Of Compassionate Release In The Nation's Prison System 31 May 2011, 10:00 pm In an article published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP), authors suggest broader use of compassionate release in the nation's prison system. Under current guidelines, many prisoners who may be eligible for compassionate release die in prison while waiting for review. The authors propose changes that could fix compassionate release medical and procedural flaws, thus reducing in-prison deaths and inmate health care costs. The nation's prison system is overcrowded and the inmate population is aging... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.