The key recommendation from the ADA position statement on diabetes management in correctional facilities is that people with diabetes in prison should receive care that meets national standards. Incarceration does not change the standards (American Diabetes Association 2014a).
Follow-up on recommendations/actions being taken by the Department of Corrections as identified in the Chief Ombudsman’s report of 2012: the document Investigation of the Department of Corrections in Relation to the Provision, Access and Availability of Prisoner Health Services (Chief Ombudsman Beverly Wakem and Ombudsman David McGee 2012) identifies that although prisoners have reasonable access to health services and in general they receive health care equivalent to members of the public, there were problems with the service and in the future the service may not be able to meet the needs of this group of people. The Department of Corrections states it is working with the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners to establish an accreditation process.
