Tag: mental health and prison
Immigration Detention: The Mental Health Impacts
Solitary confinement is not a substitute for medical isolation and its conditions are not conducive to care or recovery, but rather a tool to manage and silence those struggling with trauma exacerbated by conditions they are trapped in indefinitely.
Study Investigates Factors that Foster Posttraumatic Growth in Prison
Emotional support, religion, and searching for meaning are positively correlated with posttraumatic growth among prisoners.
Why We Ended Long-Term Solitary Confinement in Colorado
FromĀ The New York Times: According to international standards for the treatment of prisoners, keeping someone in solitary confinement for longer than 15 days is...
A Glimpse Inside US Mental Health Detention Centre
FromĀ The Sun: New York photographer Lili Holzer-Glier was recently allowed inside the Cook County Department of Corrections in Chicago, where 35 percent of inmates...
āThe Torturing of Mentally Ill Prisonersā
This weekās issue of the New Yorker examines the treatment of people diagnosed with mental health issues in Floridaās prisons. The horrifying stories of...
