Westchester Correction Department Reaccredited For Health Care Service

WHITE PLAINS, NY — The Westchester County Department of Correction has earned re-accreditation from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

The department complied with the commission's nationally recognized standards of care for correctional health services in jail.

Accreditation recognizes the county's commitment to providing quality health services for its incarcerated population.

The correction department underwent a rigorous professional assessment in May. During the assessment, a team of experienced physicians and experts in correctional health care surveyed the facility for compliance with jail-specific standards in several areas such as patient care and treatment, health promotion, safety and disease prevention, governance and administration, personnel and training, special needs and services and medical-legal issues.

Of the 38 applicable commission essential standards, the county was found to be in 100 percent compliance.

County Executive George Latimer commended the staff and leadership of the correction department as well as Wellpath, the correctional health care provider.

"We have a constitutional obligation to provide health care to those incarcerated in our jail," he said, "and are committed to doing so with innovation, excellence and efficiency."