CRESTVIEW — The National Commission on Correctional Health Care says Susan Priddy, the Okaloosa County Jail's health services administrator, leads a program that meets industry standards.
The commission inspected the jail's health services program for three days and gave it a "100 percent success" rating for compliance, according to a media release.
"Accreditation … signals a constitutionally acceptable level of care for a facility’s inmates, which translates into improved health status, fewer grievances and lawsuits, and reduced health risk to the community when inmates are released," the commission's website states.
One program called Baby and Me — which offers educational tools, access to internal support groups, off-site specialty care, and weekly on-site visits with a physician — as well as the Corizon Health licensed social worker's contributions to prevent recidivism — relapse into criminal behavior — were among the program's credits, according to the release.
Following the audit, Baby and Me will receive a nomination for Program of the Year.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Okaloosa County Jail's health services program accredited