Join us as a featured speaker:
Join us at the western states premier event for professionals dedicated to elevating the standard of care in justice-involved settings. We are officially accepting correctional health conference speaker proposals for our upcoming educational tracks.
The 2027 Sacramento correctional health conference brings together thought leaders, clinicians, administrative champions, and frontline staff. This is your opportunity to share evidence-based practices, innovative research, and real-world solutions that improve outcomes and transform lives.
We are seeking dynamic, high-impact justice-involved health presentations that address the complex, evolving challenges of our field.
2027 Educational Tracks & Focus Areas
To deliver truly holistic correctional healthcare education, our program integrates diverse perspectives across the entire continuum of care. We welcome abstract submissions covering the following disciplines:
Medical & Nursing: Clinical updates, chronic disease management, emergency response, and specialized nursing care.
Behavioral Health: Substance use disorder treatment, trauma-informed care, and acute mental health interventions.
Dental: Preventative care strategies and managing oral health within institutional constraints.
Custody & Operations: Building strong multidisciplinary partnerships, safety protocols, and operational efficiency.
Reentry & Public Health: Continuity of care, community transition strategies, infectious disease management, and harm reduction.
Why Present?
Amplify Your Impact: Present your work to a highly engaged audience of peers, decision-makers, and industry experts.
Drive Innovation: Help set new benchmarks for quality, equity, and compassion in correctional medicine.
Network & Collaborate: Connect with colleagues across nursing, medical, dental, behavioral health, custody, reentry, and public health sectors.
Submission Guidelines & Deadlines
Conference Dates: Conference dates to follow.
Location: Sacramento, CA
Submission Deadline: May 31, 2027
How to Apply
Ready to submit your proposal? Fill out our easy-to-use form below, presentation formats, and review our abstract evaluation criteria.
For Questions please contact
MARSHA GRANT RN, CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
415-299-3723 | connect@wachsa.org
PREVENTIVE, ACUTE & CHRONIC CARE
- MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES
- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
- NUTRITION & DIETARY
- PAIN MANAGEMENT
- HEART DISEASES
- TYPE 2 DIABETES
- DEMENTIA
- ARTHRITIS
- CANCER
ORAL & DENTAL HEALTH
- FACIAL TRAUMA
- PREVENTIVE CARE
OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRY
- TRAUMA RESPONSE & URGENT CARE
- IN-CUSTODY OPTICAL CARE
- DISEASES OF THE EYE
SECTION 1115
DEMONSTRATION WAIVERS
- CASE MANAGEMENT
- RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS
- PEER SUPPORT
- STATE and COUNTY PROGRAM INTEGRATION
POPULATION & FACILITY HEALTH
DATA COLLECTION & MANAGEMENT
- TUBERCULOSIS
- OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT
- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
- SCREENING & TREATMENT
- BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
- HEPATITIS C
- HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)
- VALLEY FEVER (Coccidioides immitis)
- INFLUENZA, RSV & COVID-19
BEHAVIORAL &
SUBSTANCE USE
- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
- SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
- AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
- COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
- MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT
- OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS
- OVERDOSE PREVENTION IN CORRECTIONS
MEDICO-LEGAL
- MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS
- ACCESSIBILITY, ADA, INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
- ADVANCING SAFETY
- ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
CUSTODY and HEALTH
MEDICAL & VOLUNTEER STAFF
- WORKING IN HIGH-SECURITY SETTINGS
- CONTRABAND & SAFETY TRAINING
- PARTNERING WITH CUSTODY
