A spiritual program designed to help the incarcerated find hope and transform their lives. It is called the 8 Degrees of Yes, a therapeutic … [Read more...]
Domestic violence worsens in a pandemic
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 Incarcerated and outside members of the San Quentin community joined forces to … [Read more...]
Veterans find healing through sharing their experiences
San Quentin’s Catholic Chapel provided space on June 27 for a small group of Bay Area volunteers to meet with incarcerated veterans who’d just … [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
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 Civil … [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...]
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