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‘Safehouse Philly’ case moves forward

January 15, 2022 by Joshua Grant

A legal battle is underway attempting to legalize Safehouse facilities that safely dispense drugs legally to addicts in efforts to decriminalize … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Philadelphia, U.S. Supreme Court

Prisoner uses life experience to teach young men

January 14, 2022 by Kevin D. Sawyer

After decades of incarceration, personal study and self-exploration, Harry Goodall Jr. decided it was time to own up to the part he played in his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: book review, Health and Wellness, Juvenile Justice, KidCAT, Profiles, The Beat Within

Virginia prisons end early COVID releases

January 14, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

Person holding covid sign

Panic over COVID-19 in the Virginia Department of Corrections has come to end—and as of last summer, so have early prisoner releases, reported the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, Health and Wellness, Virginia

Staff shortages mean more cell time in Kansas

January 14, 2022 by David Oranje

Staff shortages in a Kansas maximum security correctional facility have resulted in dramatic increases in cell confinement and decreased accessibility … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Kansas, staff

La anarquía gobierna en las cárceles de Nueva York

January 14, 2022 by Raymond Torres

Las condiciones dentro de la prisión de Rikers Island continúan alzando preocupaciones  después de seis prisioneros muertos, cargos de homicidio, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Health and Wellness, New york City, New York’s Riker’s Island Jail

How to navigate healthcare in the community

January 14, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

Connecting to the care you need and deserve in a timely fashion is important when you get out of prison. There are different kinds of health care you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Health Care, Transitions Clinic

Grass-roots domestic abuse program holds workshop on Lower Yard

January 14, 2022 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Mother and daughter suffering from domestic violence of father

The widespread, epidemic problem of domestic abuse throughout the country was the recent focus of a group of San Quentin prisoners.  Sixty men … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: domestic violence, Health and Wellness, Prison Programs

Executives, corporations step up to provide video visits for prisoners

December 30, 2021 by Rickey Goins

Journalism Guild Writer  A new nonprofit corporation is seeking to establish free video conferencing between the incarcerated and their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Health and Wellness, prison video calls, Public Services

Prison Yoga Project goes international, expands into Europe

December 28, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

The founder of the Prison Yoga Project in San Quentin and other U.S. prisons has expanded his reach into Europe.  “The demand to have yoga in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PRISON PROGRAMS, Recently Posted, SPORTS Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Prison Yoga Project

Virginia denies breast surgery for trans man housed in women’s prison

December 24, 2021 by Randy Hansen

A transgender man in a Virginia women’s prison has sued the state for denying him breast removal surgery, the Associated Press … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Health Care, transgender

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