Delivering Hospital-based Medical Care to Incarcerated Patients in North Carolina State Prisons: A Call for Communication and Collaboration.

Many incarcerated patients will require in-hospital care outside prison facilities. Often, this care is provided by clinicians unfamiliar with the correctional context. In this article, we reflect on our experiences caring for incarcerated inpatients in non-carceral settings in North Carolina and highlight sources of misunderstanding and potential conflicts that arise in the care of these patients.