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| DOC receives program award |
| By Lynne Murray, Corrections.com News Intern |
| Published: 10/29/2008 |
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - On October 20, 2008, the District of Columbia Department of Corrections received the “Program of the Year” award from the National Coalition on Correctional Health Care, an organization that acknowledges outstanding achievement in correctional health care programs. The NCCHC selected the department’s discharge planning initiative after observing thousands of programs provided by prisons, jails, juvenile detention centers, and other facilities that participate in the organization’s nationwide accreditation program. Department of Corrections Director, Devon Brown, accepted the award. He said that 15 years ago inmate medical services at the Central Detention Center were under court observation, but since 2006, the agency has been a leader in exceptional medical services within the corrections department and has emerged as a nationwide model for other correctional health care services. “The Department of Corrections is in positive transition in every respect,” Brown said. “The changes taking place throughout the agency reflect the elevated standards and insistence upon excellence characteristic of the Fenty Administration. The receipt of “Program of the year” award is in keeping with our firm determination to have the Department of Corrections regarded as the best within its field. The Department’s advances in improving the health and well-being of those in its custody are a fitting example of its undeterred ascension toward fulfillment of this goal.” The department’s medical provisions received accreditation earlier this year by NCCHC and the American Correctional Association This marks the first time in the agency’s 32-year history that services have been recognized by both organizations. The department’s automatic testing system for HIV/AIDS was one reason it accomplished this achievement. Its residential substance abuse treatment program also boosted the department’s overall rating for medical services. The DCDOC believes this program will be accredited by the ACA by the end of the year, which would make it part of the less than five percent of correctional systems that receive this honor. |
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