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The Director of Psychology for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said in a statement Wednesday he could not comment on the recent settlement of a federal court case concerning an inmate sucide at the former State Correctional Institution in Cresson, but noted prevention of suicide in the state system remains a priority.
Dr. Lucas Malishchak stated, “We are unable to comment on the settlement, however suicide prevention within the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections continues to be prioritized as one
of the organization’s primary areas of ongoing review
and improvement.”
Malishchak said ongoing reviews of practices and oversight are conducted to ensure the advancement of the DoC’s Suicide Prevention Program.
Barriers to quality health care in prisons
Brinkley-Rubinstein says these spikes in diagnoses in correctional facilities are also an indictment of the lack of access to health care in this country. For many incarcerated people, prison may be the first time in their lives they’ve received routine health screenings.
“When you look at neighborhoods that have disproportionate levels of incarceration, those are the same communities that have less infrastructure for transportation, that have less number of clinics, that have, you know, higher numbers of food deserts,” Brinkley-Rubinstein said. “So all these social determinants of health and access to health care put people at risk of having a higher burden of chronic illness.”