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Mental Wellness Month addresses psychological self-care

October 28, 2021 by Juan Haines

When a person starts to serve a sentence in a California prison, depression and despair are leading causes for a mental health crisis. Feeling abused … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Mental Health Tagged With: Mental Health, San Quentin State Prison, suicidal inmates, Suicide

State to pay $1.5 million to family of prisoner who committed suicide

February 13, 2020 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

California has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the family of Erika Rocha, whose prison suicide was deemed foresee- able and preventable, the Sacramento … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health and Wellness, Recently Posted Tagged With: Mental Health, Suicide

Some prisoners suffer another form of death penalty

June 24, 2019 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

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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...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty, Mental Health Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Suicide, texas

Nevada man commits suicide after his pleas for execution are denied

April 30, 2019 by Administrators

A Nevada man who pleaded for his execution killed himself when his wish was denied. Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found hanged in his cell on Jan. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Mental Health Tagged With: Mental Health, Suicide

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