The Front Lines of Healthcare’s Toughest Environment
The Secure Healthcare Quality Alliance (SHQA) is a unified voice for those delivering high-quality healthcare in correctional and justice-involved settings. We exist to advance the standard of care for patients by advocating for the professionals who deliver it.
The Justice System Inherits Systemic Challenges
Many individuals enter the justice system with chronic, severe, and untreated health issues. Correctional healthcare providers serve on the front lines of the addiction epidemic, saving thousands of lives through emergency intervention and treatment. Yet, they operate within high-security constraints that the public rarely sees.
Championing the Unseen Providers
Healthcare providers choose this work as a public service and they deserve to be respected and supported. Patient care is their primary driver, and clinical decisions are never driven by a need to generate profit.
Providing High-Quality Care
Caring for Underserved Patients
Increasing Visibility of Operations
Advocating for Reform
The Intersection of Care and Custody
To advocate for effective policy, we must first understand the unique clinical and operational constraints our frontline providers navigate every day.