RURAL PRISONS

Often rural communities seek out a prison as an economic development tool. The impact on the local health care and secondary and tertiary health care systems has not been well investigated.

OBJECTIVES

1. Be aware of resources dealing with prison health issues.

TEACHING STRATEGIES

Interview a rural practioner that had an established practice prior and after a prison came to town. Contrast patient population stress on health care system qualitatively.

• Prison Law Links - Prison Information and Resources - http://www.wco.com/~aerick/links.htm#pri
• AIDS in Prison Project: Resources - http://www.aidsnyc.org/aip/links.html
• Prisoner-Related Resources - http://www.lightlink.com/heurich/prisoners.html
• University of Texas Prison Telemedicine - http://www.int-telemedicine.com/utartic.html

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