She said she felt safer in prison, then she took her life
A vulnerable young woman who said she 'felt safer in prison than in the community' took her own life behind bars after ...
Harlem man who died during NY wildcat prison strike spiraled into mental illness and violence
The man who died in an upstate prison Saturday allegedly at the hands of correction officers during a wildcat strike showed ...
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NAMI Releases Issue Brief Exploring Trends in Mental Health and Criminal Justice State Policy
In recognition of National Criminal Justice Month, NAMI released a new publication, Trends in Mental Health and Criminal ...
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North Carolina prisons struggle to meet health care demands
This means there’s a large need for health care services. Changing demographics of North Carolina’s prison population are also putting increased pressure on the prison health care system to meet the ...
CT high-security prison incarcerates 547. Why correction officers are talking to some, one at a time
A Connecticut correction officer was stabbed in the neck last summer, and deploying a caustic pepper spray on recalcitrant ...
Prison and health bosses to respond after hotel killing
Prison, police and health bosses must respond to a coroner regarding the death of a woman killed by a sex offender who did ...
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A state-by-state breakdown of LGBTQ+ youth mental health
“The menopause transition specifically might be an important key to help us unlock the biology of Alzheimer’s disease, and ...
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NC prisons struggle to meet health care demands amid rising costs, staff shortages
The Department of Adult Correction is constitutionally required to provide medical, mental and dental health care to the roughly 31,000 people in North Carolina’s 53 prisons. However ...