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  • Dangerous Denizens: Preparing staff, law enforcement, and your hospital to manage forensic patients[®] EOC News October 2015, Vol 18 , #10, Pg 2  This article reminds us that hospitals are increasingly called upon to provide care and treatment services to forensic/prisoner patients.  In the process of providing such services, hospitals, their staff, security and others may be at increased risk of harm particularly during attempts by forensic/prisoner patients to escape. This article is largely based upon The 2011 Prisoner Escape Study. This study identifies locations where hospital escapes are most likely to occur and provides a series of recommendations for preventing such attempts.  Learn more
    
  • Please COMMENT on your experience with forensic/prisoner patients and/or their attempts to escape.
    

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