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1 week ago
Health

Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison

The new policy allowing Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals before release aims to improve post-release healthcare access, reducing disparities and lowering mortality rates. [ more ]
Kqed
2 months ago
California

A Coding Program at San Quentin Offers Hope for Careers After Prison | KQED

Humanitarian Parole Program survived a court challenge by Republican-led states.
San Quentin program offers coding and audio production job training to incarcerated individuals. [ more ]
www.bostonherald.com
2 months ago
Medicine

Pregnancy care was always lacking in jails. It could get worse

Limited oversight for reproductive care in the criminal justice system
Incarcerated people's right to healthcare not adequately addressed by federal standards [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Public health

Hundreds of deaths in US prisons linked to policy violations and failures report

Institutional failures and policy violations by the US Bureau of Prisons have led to preventable deaths of incarcerated people.
The US justice department office of the inspector general found that 187 people died by suicide inside BoP institutions from 2014 to 2021. [ more ]
www.npr.org
5 months ago
Social justice

New Michigan law means people leaving prison will automatically be registered to vote

Michigan has expanded automatic voter registration to incarcerated people after they are released.
The goal is to improve access to voting for a historically disenfranchised population. [ more ]
Slate Magazine
5 months ago
Digital life

What 24 Hours Looks Like in Three Prisons

Incarcerated individuals have varying levels of access to technology depending on the prison and their behavior
Access to technology in prisons can be limited and may vary from state to state [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
5 months ago
Books

Freedom begins with a book': incarcerated people to judge new US literary award

John J Lennon, a prisoner, is involved in a new initiative called the Inside literary prize, which is the first major US book award to be judged exclusively by incarcerated people.
The competition aims to inspire dialogue about important books in prisons across the US and provide a national platform for incarcerated individuals to participate in the cultural conversation. [ more ]
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