Montgomery County's Correctional Facilities (Jails) Receive National "Facility of the

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The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) has selected Montgomery County Correctional Facility and Montgomery County Detention Center to receive this year’s NCCHC Facility (both) of the Year Award. This prestigious award is presented each year to only one facility selected from among the 500 prisons, jails, and juvenile detention and confinement facilities that participate in NCCHC’s nationwide accreditation program. This year it was awarded to our county and both jails - a unique honor.

In giving this award, NCCHC cited the quality of Montgomery County’s staff and programs that address patient health needs. The five-member review committee also reviewed the County’s multidisciplinary committees and initiatives, and focused on how they channel detainees and inmates into appropriate medical and mental health therapies and into programs for education, occupational training, and reentry preparation.

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