Domestic violence victims are experiencing perilous times. Sheltering in place because of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has intensified the … [Read more...]
Resources: Correspondence reading guide by mail Point Global Outreach
Correspondence reading guide by mailPoint Global Outreach provides a free 29-pageResource Directory for Prisoners. This directory … [Read more...]
LA jails become costly mental health facilities
Sixty percent of mentally ill inmates in county jails are eligible for diversion, but there are not enough facilities to provide supportive care, … [Read more...]
SQN EXTRA: EQUINE THERAPY
By Vincent O’Bannon, Journalism Guild Writer Some imprisoned veterans in Connecticut are getting psychological help from an unusual … [Read more...]
Raising awareness during 2nd annual Mental Wellness Week
—Joe Garcia —David Ditto and Anthony Faulk contributed CDCR Undersecretary Kathleen Allison, BPH Chief Psychologist Cliff Kusaj and BPH’s Jennifer … [Read more...]
Veterans find healing through sharing their experiences
Veterans Healing Veterans members and volunteers celebrate their graduation San Quentin’s Catholic Chapel provided space on June 27 for a small … [Read more...]
Fear of the outdoors – one result of long term solitary
Frank De Palma spent more than 40 years of his life inside Nevada’s state prisons for second-degree murder, grand larceny, battery, and attempted … [Read more...]
Florida county jail injury
Florida A mentally ill prisoner at the Broward County Jail in Florida used a razor to commit an act of self-mutilation, according to the American … [Read more...]
Study: mental health diagnoses result in high rates of prisoner isolation
New Mexico has one of the smallest prison populations in the country at 7,300 but is fourth in the nation when it comes to confining prisoners to … [Read more...]
Some prisoners suffer another form of death penalty
An alarming number, 80 prisoners, died in Texas jails in a nine month period between Oct. 1, 2017 and July 1, 2018, according to the Bureau of Justice … [Read more...]