In correctional health care litigation, the patient chart is no longer the only record under scrutiny. Audio and video recordings, surveillance footage, grievances, emails, and text messages increasingly shape how courts evaluate knowledge, response, and credibility in civil rights and malpractice cases. This session explores how non-medical-record evidence is used in litigation and offers practical strategies for strengthening documentation, communication, and interdisciplinary practices to reduce risk and improve defensibility.

• Describe the elements of a deliberate indifference claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• Identify common nonmedical record sources of evidence
• Explain how communications are used to construct timelines and credibility arguments

Level: Basic