While mentoring a juvenile in a detention center who was facing a 25- to 50-year prison sentence, a loud bang echoed from across the room. Another participant in the program had become extremely angry ...
Both research and clinical practice often fail to accurately capture how formerly incarcerated Black men identify their own mental health needs. That’s in part because implicit bias and anti-Black ...
Hundreds of prisoners are battling the devastating Los Angeles wildfires through a longstanding program with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Two major wildfires, as ...
PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Hundreds of the firefighters working tirelessly on the fire lines to protect lives and property in Southern California are actually serving time in prison. As two historic ...
More than 15,000 people return to the community after being released from North Carolina state prisons each year, according to the N.C. Department of Adult Correction. CONTENT WARNING: This article ...
OAKLAND, Calif. - As fires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, 939 incarcerated firefighters and staff have joined the front lines to support the efforts of local fire crews, the California ...
Incarcerated people in Colorado are exposed to climate-related extreme heat and cold, plus flooding and wildfires. Because they’re unable to escape these hazards, their health suffers and some die. “I ...
A new national epidemiological survey provides a demographic and diagnostic picture of people living with mental ill health in prison, those with criminal legal involvement in the last year, and those ...
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San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in San Quentin, Calif. on December 14, 2020. Regulators have fined the California prison system more than $400,000 for what they said were health violations, many of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to give significant raises to incarcerated firefighters, who currently earn a ...