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Testing………2Washington State Pays S1MFor Alleged HCV Failure...2Iowa Begins Project To CutDrug Testing Costs …………2Montana Panel RecommendsRenewal Of Drug Care.……3Colorado Says Officer's DeathIs Unrelated To Staff Cuts...3Indiana Jail Asks Court ToApprove Early Releases……3Crime Rate Increases ForFirst Time In A Decade……4Minority Confinement………4Risk Assessment Study.……4  \nIN THE COURTS  \nSupreme Court ConsidersReview Of Apprendi Impact 4Georgia Decides HispanicsMust Be In Jury Pool………5Kentucky Allows Youth ToWaive Release Option……….5Washington Decision Affects300 On Death Row…………5  \nACROSS THE STATES  \nConn.,Del.,II……………  …6Kan.,Ky.,Neb……………6Ohio,Okla.,Pa.,Va…………7  \nFUNDING  \nWomen,Research…………7Research,Drug Abuse……8  \n# CorrectionSDIGEST\n\nThe only independent news service for the corrections professional  \n# Pennsylvania Is Leader In ProgressiveCamp For Treatment Of Hepatitis C\n\nThe federal government's pro- posed revised standards for treat- when correctional programs areabout evenly divided in twocamps—one,which favors treat-ment for inmates with demonstrateddisease progression,and the otherfavoring aggressive treatment.  \nPennsylvania is among thestates that have taken a stance forearly intervention in treatment of abroader class of infected inmates.  \nPennsylvania tests every inmateentering the system for HCV anti-bodies.In the last two years,thesystem has tested 37,000 offenders,identified about 7,000 with HCVand treated more than 500,far morethan any other correctional system.The Corrections Department esti-mates 150 to 200 inmates are in ag-gressive treatment each year.  \nDr.Berel Arrow,assistantmedical director,said cuttinghealthcare costs is important inPennsylvania,but the institutionalview is that ignoring hepatitis caneventually lead to higher outlays asinmates become sicker and spreadthe disease to other prisoners  \nHealth authorities put inmatestesting positive for HCV into thedepartment's treatment protocol,  \nrelying on doctors,nurses and phy-sician assistants to educate inmates  \nThe health care team,in turn,uses comic books and videos to il-lustrate and strengthen the educa-tional message  \nArrow refers to this part of theprocess as the first component ofthe treatment protocol.  \nThe second component entailsadditional HCV education and othertests that might be usefui in diag-nosing contagious diseases.  \nPennsylvania's DOC used tohave four major exclusionary crite-ria for HCV but in recent months,officials eliminated two of the fourcriteria,dropping the substanceabuse and sentence-length stipula-tions.  \nPreviously,Pennsylvania re-quired inmates who had used alco-hol or drugs during the past sixmonths to undergo drug rehabilita-tion before allowing them to accessHCV treatments.  \n\"We would still like them to goto drug and alcohol rehabilitation,\"Arrow said.\"But they do not abso-lutely have to go.\"  \nMost significantly,the depart-ment no longer requires inmates to have least 12 months left on their  \nPage 2  \nsentences in order to access treat-ments,a move that eliminated thebiggest obstacle to treatment.  \nInmates,though,have to dem-onstrate some way of accessingHCV treatments once they are re-leased.  \nInmates who refuse or aren'timmediately eligible for treatmentare automatically placed back intothe department's treatment protocolfor re-evaluation within 12months.  \nArrow said the department hascollected economic and health datato demonstrate treating HCV-positive inmates as early as possibleyields long-term cost savings.  \n## NEW JERSEY DECIDES TOTREAT FOR HEPATITIS C\n\nNew Jersey,the only majorstate not currently treating prisonersfor hepatitis C,announced it wouldbegin a treatment program.  \nNew Jersey would pay all costsfor treatment of inmates under anew agreement with CorrectionalMedical Services,which provideshealth care for the prison system.  \n\"The state will pay for medi-cine,test costs and any necessity foradditional 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