Gail Normandin-Carpio and Denise Rahaman join Lorry to talk about top correctional health care news items for July, 2015. Callous and Cruel: Use of Force against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in US Jails and Prisons Our first story is a report out of Human Rights Watch about the use of force against inmates with mental disabilities in US Jails and Prisons….
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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 facilities. Read more about their program on their blog. A doula is a trained…
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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 exploratory study of prisoners from seven institutions in Queensland, those inmates…
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