Field Days

Adrian Dirschell, chaplain at Charles E. Egeler Reception andGuidance Center and Duane Waters Health Center in Jackson noticed a need to improve the end of life care for prisoners. He along with the support of Warden Jeremy Bush and then warden, Director Washington, have established a hospice program focused on providing humanized care to terminally-ill prisoners. In this episode you'll learn more about the department's hospice program and why it is important to change perspectives of those moving to the transition phase of life. Read the Corrections Connection article about the program, https://www.michigan.gov/documents/corrections/CC_FebruaryNewsletter2018_615529_7.pdf