D.C. Jail to provide continued care.The Central Detention Facility in Washington, D.C. (D.C. Jail) is taking a big step that will provide inmates with primary and specialty medical care even after they are released, reported The Washington Post in early April. Unity Health Care, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , will provide medical care in the jail and retain inmates' files after release, which it will manage through its three dozen clinics, centers and medical locations across the district. Unity will help evaluate the inmates' substance abuse problems and deal with common diseases such as hepatitis C Hepatitis C Definition Hepatitis C is a form of liver inflammation that causes primarily a long-lasting (chronic) disease. Acute (newly developed) hepatitis C is rarely observed as the early disease is generally quite mild. , tuberculosis and HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. . The goal is to benefit the public as well, providing treatment of chronic and communicable diseases that inmates may not have had access to otherwise. The program, set to start Oct. 1, will receive $7.5 million through a national project undertaken by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, charitable organization devoted exclusively to health care issues. It was established in 1936 by Robert Wood Johnson (1893–1968), board chairman of the Johnson & Johnson medical products company. . The program will be based on a Hampden, Mass., Model, which has proved successful. |
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