Erica Gerrity, Director and Founder of the Minnesota Prison Doula Project and Raelene Baker, a Certified Birth Doula and their Project Coordinator join Lorry to talk about the Minnesota Prison Doula Project, a prison‐based pregnancy, birth, and parenting program. They currently have 8 doulas in 3 ... Read More about Helping Pregnant Inmates: The Minnesota Prison Doula Project (Podcast Episode 102)
The Correctional Nurse
June 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up (Podcast Episode 101)
Lorry is joined by Mari Knight and Catherine Knox to discuss the latest correctional health care news items. New study examines health factors influence on ex-prisoners’ chances of returning to jail The first news item is a study out of Australia that links health factors to recidivism. In this ... Read More about June 2015 Correctional Health Care News Round Up (Podcast Episode 101)
Could You Be the Next Joyce Mitchell? 4 Prevention Tips
Many of us have been closely watching the unfolding events surrounding the NY Prison Break over the last month. Here is a timeline of events, concluding with the death of convicted killer Matt and the shooting and capture of convicted killer Sweat in upstate New York. Early in the story Joyce ... Read More about Could You Be the Next Joyce Mitchell? 4 Prevention Tips
Compassion Fatigue (Podcast Episode 100)
Sonya Khilnani, PhD, CCHP, a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral health manager for Corizon in Brentwood, TN, joins Lorry to talk about compassion fatigue in correctional health care practice. This was the topic of an article she wrote for the Spring 2015 CorrectCare magazine. Telltale ... Read More about Compassion Fatigue (Podcast Episode 100)
Book Review: Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses
This spring marks the second anniversary of the release of the Cleveland captives. The horrendous story of the teenage girls abducted and sexually abused for a decade is hard to think about. My heart goes out to them as they struggle to come to terms with what they have experienced. At about the ... Read More about Book Review: Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses