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Staffing for escorting individuals to medical appointments
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Council Member Justin Brannan inquires about the adequacy of staffing for escorting individuals in custody to medical appointments. Deputy Commissioner James Saunders provides information on the current situation.
- DOC handles around 640,000 scheduled appointments for an average daily population of 6,900
- Less than 1% of clinic non-production is due to lack of available escorts
- When escorts are unavailable, DOC works with Correctional Health Services to reschedule appointments
- The majority of non-production for appointments is due to individuals not wanting to attend their clinic appointments
Justin Brannan
0:59:06
Okay.
0:59:09
Do you have enough staff to escort all the people in custody to medical appointments?
James Saunders
0:59:16
So there's no magic number to give you right now to say that there is you know, we need 300 individuals to escort.
0:59:25
I can tell you that out of the 640 or so thousand scheduled appointments for an average daily population of 6,900, there are enough staff.
0:59:34
The vast majority of of nonproduction is due to individuals not wanting to go to their clinic appointment.
0:59:45
And less than 1% of clinic non production relates to their not having an escort available.
0:59:53
And in the case where there is no escort available, we work very closely with CHS to have the individual rescheduled for later in the day or for the following day.
Justin Brannan
1:00:07
Alright.
1:00:07
I'm gonna turn it back to chair nurse.
1:00:08
Thanks.