Inmate Health Care Division:
The Inmate Health Care Division provides comprehensive health care services for all inmates. These services result in a total health care program including medical, dental, psychiatric, and related health care services. This division adheres to the “Standards for Health Services in Jails”, set by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). This division staffs only professionally trained, licensed, and certified medical personnel.
New Healthcare Facility opened in August 2007
The 432 bed facility will consolidate all inmate medical care under one roof at the Pinellas County Jail. The project cost over $35 million, and was primarily funded by the Penny for Pinellas.
Medical care services for male and female inmates are concentrated on four floors of varying housing configurations encompassing 165,200 square feet.
The medical services include: an X-ray room, dialysis, three chairs for dental service, a 12 person waiting room, 20 negative pressure isolation cells, a mental health clinic, a trauma clinic, and dedicated space for staff and administration. The detention features include video visitation in each housing area, attorney visitation booths, a courtroom for appearances by video, and other inmate monitoring and staff security enhancements.
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