Health and Wellness

Marshall Project examines jurisdictional overlap in criminalization of abortion

October 7, 2022 by George Franco

The Supreme Court’s recent controversial decision on abortion has opened the way for a confusing future in American jurisprudence, predicted a report … [Read more...]

Incarcerated women face new post-Roe challenges

September 12, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

In the already high-risk prison environment, incarcerated pregnant women are facing new challenges in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade … [Read more...]

San Quentin athletes suffer during sports lockdowns

August 29, 2022 by Joshua Strange

You can count the incarcerated athletes of San Quentin among those who will be the happiest whenever “normal” programming resumes. The ongoing … [Read more...]

Prisons across country re-instituting medical copays for prisoners

August 27, 2022 by A.J. Hardy

Temporary Covid-era suspensions being rolled back Shortly before the emergence of COVID-19, the California prison system ended its long-held … [Read more...]

Canadian prisoners experiencing lockdown burnout

August 27, 2022 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Some incarcerated persons at the Springhill Institution, the largest federal prison in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, still live under a … [Read more...]

Canada suspends contact visits

August 27, 2022 by Jad Salem

Some federal prisons in Canada continue to suspend contact visits interrupted at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Some inmates have not had … [Read more...]

Covid whiplash: Rolling lockdowns taking heavy toll

August 27, 2022 by Joshua Strange

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, San Quentin residents have struggled to cope with multiple waves of infections, but also the hardships … [Read more...]

SQ athletes, fitness buffs find innovative ways to stay in shape

July 24, 2022 by Timothy Hicks

Athletes at San Quentin are finding alternate ways to get physically fit and maintain their health while doing their time in prison. And guys miss the … [Read more...]

Autism increases likelihood of arrest in youth

July 23, 2022 by Jad Salem

A newly released study finds autistic youth interactions with the criminal justice system and police encounters are becoming more common and can be … [Read more...]

Fighting prejudice in prison

July 21, 2022 by A.J. Hardy

Gay and transgender prisoners in California present a challenging conundrum to the state’s increasingly progressive criminal justice system, where … [Read more...]