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California pays reparations for forced sterilizations

March 21, 2023 by Cainen Chambers

Room for sterilizing instruments in a modern clinic. Surgery, operating room.

144 California prisoners sterilized between 2005 and 2013  California is struggling to pay reparations to hundreds of women who were sterilized, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Legal, Money, Recently Posted

Suicide on the rise among prisoners

March 21, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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There has been a sharp increase in suicides in prisons and jails due to isolation in the pandemic, staff shortages and drug use, The Wall Street … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Health Care, Mental Health, Recently Posted

Caring and being cared for when incarcerated

March 21, 2023 by San Quentin News Contributor

TRANSITIONS CLINIC Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) is a network of community health clinics that serve returning community members. TCN clinic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Health Care, TRANSITIONS Clinic Network

UCSF apologizes for unethical experiments

March 21, 2023 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Male nurse pushing stretcher gurney bed in hospital corridor with doctors & senior female patient

A major California hospital has apologized for subjecting prisoners to unethical treatments by two doctors in the 1960s and 1970s, according to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Criminal Justice, Health Care, Recently Posted

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month

March 21, 2023 by CDCR

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Filed Under: Health Care, Recently Posted

TRAIN YOUR BRAIN: Professor researches connection between neuro-plasticity and criminal behavior

February 15, 2023 by Steve Brooks

One of the leading pioneers in brain plasticity research visited San Quentin to promote his idea for criminal brain system reform.  Dr. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Health Care, Recently Posted

Newsom to phase out Covid state of emergency

January 19, 2023 by Dante Jones

Gov. Gavin Newsom will discontinue the COVID-19 state of emergency order implemented in 2020, according to a report issued by the governor’s office on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Legal, Politics, Recently Posted

Study: Covid-induced neurological impairment could last two years

January 19, 2023 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

People infected by COVID-19 have increased threats of neurological and psychiatric damage up to two years after infection, Oxford University has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Recently Posted

Obtaining gender-affirming healthcare in the community

November 9, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

HEALTH & WELLNESSTransitions Clinic Network is a network of community health clinics that serve returning community members. TCN clinic programs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Health Care, Re-Entry, Recently Posted

CDCR creates new diabetes support program

October 8, 2022 by Steve Brooks

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has authorized a new group to help incarcerated people manage their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Health Care, Recently Posted

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