Public Safety Program

Corrections

NIOSH Resources and Publications

NIOSH Fact Sheet: Managers, Protect Correctional Staff from MRSA
MRSA outbreaks in correctional facilities put wardens, officers, administration, and all other correctional facility staff at risk for contamination. In this NIOSH Fact Sheet, correction managers are informed of the precautions and preventative measures to keep staff away from exposure.

Evaluation of Coccidioides Exposures and Coccidioidomycosis Infections among Prison Employees
A Health Hazardous Evaluation concerning Coccidioidomycosis, also known as valley fever, a disease caused by inhalation of spores of a fungus of the Coccidioides species, is known to live in the soil of dry areas of the Southwestern United States.

Organizations

Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

American Jail Association

American Correctional Association

National Commission on Correctional Health Care

Society of Correctional Physicians

Academy of Correctional Health Professionals

American Correctional Health Services Association

American Probation and Parole Association