Jamaica

Health through Walls volunteers together with medical staff of one of Jamaica's prisons

 

Jamaica

Collaboration with the Jamaican Department of Correctional Services began in 2004 when medical students from South Florida's NOVA Southeastern University College of Medicine joined Health through Walls volunteers and provided health care services to hundreds of prisoners in several prisons throughout Jamaica.  The activity inspired many students to future service in correctional facilities.  Follow-up to the project included medical relief efforts to the correctional department after a hurricane, and voluntary, comprehensive health assessments for prisoners at the largest prison in Kingston.  Select health care personnel from the Jamaican Department of Correctional Services have been sponsored to attend correctional health conferences in the United States.