Health Services Unit

The Health Services Unit (HSU) provides a wide range of services to both the pre-trial and sentenced populations at the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction.

In 2020, HSU staff had nearly 125,000 contacts with individuals awaiting trial or serving sentences. Those contacts include – but are not limited to – physicals, sick calls, mental health consultations, optometry and physical therapy.  Medical staff is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The HSU has a 21-bed in-patient unit, 15 of which are allocated to the regional Evaluation and Stabilization Unit (ESU). Care beyond the capabilities of what can be delivered on the grounds – including cancer treatments and surgeries – is provided at outside hospitals.

An individual’s first HSU contact comes as part of the intake process, where they are screened and undergo initial assessments for underlying substance use and behavioral health issues.