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Prison Hospice Helps Dying Inmates
Inmate volunteers win praise from national health care commission
Each inmate volunteer receives
44 hours of community-standard
in stru c tio n in death and d y ­
ing. T hey are allow ed to assist
p a tie n ts w ith d a ily liv in g
need s and h elp to enhance the
q u a lity o f p a tie n ts ’ lives d u r­
ing th e ir fin al d ays. T here are
c u rre n tly 22 tra in e d inm ate
v o lu n te e rs.
Officials said more inmates will
die in prison because the criminal
population is graying. Forexample,
the Oregon Department of Cor­
rections has more than 60 inmates
over age 70.
In a d d itio n , c rim in a ls, in
g e n e ra l, have o fte n not taken
c are o f th e ir h e a lth p rio r to
in carceratio n ; they are a p o p u ­
lation at high risk for increased
in fe c tio u s d ise a se s, la rg e ly
b ecau se o f d rug use; are at
h ig h risk fo r p rio r traum a; and
are b ein g se n te n c e d to lo n g e r
p erio d s of^time in prison.
T w enty-eight inm ates have
been enrolled in the hospice pro­
gram since it opened in May
1999. Twenty-four died in prison,
tw o w ere released back to the
A program that provides end
o f life care to dying inmates at
Oregon State Penitentiary has re­
ceived praise from the National
C om m ission on C o rrectional
HealthCare.
The prison hospice program
was selected from more than 500
prisons, jails, juvenile detention
and confinem ent facilities as the
com m ission’s 2001 Program of
the Year.
The award was presented ear­
lier this month to the penitentiary’s
health services manager, William
Cahal, a registered nurse.
The com m ission noted that
health services staff not only pro­
vided compassionate care to dy­
ing penitentiary inmates but freely
assisted sister facilities in Oregon
and other states to establish their
own similar programs.
The Hospice Program at the
penitentiary is just over two years
old. The core of the program are
inmate volunteers; they provide
assistance to dying inmates much
in the same way as community
hospice volunteers help terminally
ill members o f the community.
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Inmate hospice volunteer Mark Wilson shares a light moment
with a terminally ill inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary.
com m unity and there are two
active cases now.
“T here are a lot o f w ays for
an in c a rc e ra te d p e rso n to die,
som e m ore c o m fo rta b le , hu­
m ane, k in d er, and dig n ified
th a n o th e rs ” n o te d C o rre c ­
tio n s D ire c to r D ave C ook.
“T he O S P H ospice Program
has had a p o sitiv e e ffe c t on
the p e n ite n tia ry and the D e­
p artm en t o f C o rrectio n s.
“ T h e in m a te p o p u la tio n
know s that they w ill be treated
c o m p a s s io n a te ly , th a t th e y
w ill have control o f end-of-life
issu es, that th e ir pain w ill be
m anaged and that they w ill be
allow ed to die surro u n d ed by
th e ir fam ily, w ith d ig n ity .”
School Essays on Independence Sought
Cash awards totaling $5,000
are available to Oregon high
school students through the
eighth annual Independence
Essay Competition, organized by
Cascade Policy Institute.
The theme of the essay com ­
petition, "exploring the founda­
tions of freedom,” is intended to
p ro voke stu d e n ts to study
American history and consider
the meaning of liberty. Students
are asked to write an essay an­
swering the question: What is
the proper role of government in
a free society?
The contest is open to all O r­
egon high school students. The
deadline forentnes is March 15;
fo r
g u id e lin e s
v isit
e ssay .asp or call 503-242-
0900. An independent panel of
judges will select the winners,
who will receive up to $1,000
each. The judges are Dominic
Biggi, vice president of Beaverton
Foods, Inc.; Lois Ditmars, vice
president of Peterkort Manage­
ment Co. ; W illiamC. ' Chris'" Girard
Jr., chairman of the board of Plaid
Pantries; Susan Nielsen, associ­
ate editor of the Oregonian; and
Scott Staff, vice president for
college relations for Lewis & Clark
College.
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