The Number of Mentally Ill in Prison
An activity therapy room is seen at the Psychiatric Inpatient Program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California...
An activity therapy room is seen at the Psychiatric Inpatient Program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California...
Trigger warning: this post contains challenging references to rape and sexual violence. I was moved by Madeleine Holden's piece in The...
The first step to correcting a problem is admitting that you have a problem. That’s where a debate of drunk...
On April 28, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) strengthened access to health care for individuals...
By Angela Codner, Elaine Hannah, Donna Martin, & Remeca Tomlin The Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) (2011) most recent study...
2.7 million children in the United States have an incarcerated parent. Often key players in the lives of youth have...
Recent surveys have revealed that 85% of sexual assault victims do not report their assault promptly to appropriate authorities. When...
According to the United States Department of Justice, 1 in 10 seniors over the age of 60 is abused every...
Already vulnerable. Shutterstock Anyone who has ever worked within children’s social care will have witnessed the journey a young child...
Photo Credit: Buzzfeed In a first-of-its-kind national report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a comprehensive set of...
I remember interviewing two women back to back for a federal research project. Both women were black. They were mother...
More than 44 years have passed since President Richard Nixon declared his “war on drugs.” That battle cry was proclaimed in...
Despite members of the Democratic and Republican parties both expressing the need for reforming the criminal justice system, efforts remain...
Yesterday evening, after teaching and a special prayer meeting for our brothers and sisters in Charleston, SC, a white male...
One story that is trending on the news and social media is that of a law enforcement officer who drew...
I started writing this article at a time when hundreds of people were taking to the streets to protest the...
A correctional facility is a difficult situation to be in, but solitary confinement is a whole other monster. There’s no...
Every April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). During these thirty days, survivors, students, professionals, and activists’ march throughout the...
As Summer 2015 approaches, fans anxiously await the release of the third season of Netflix’s highly viewed comedy-drama series ‘Orange...
By Leah Greenidge, Rosedad Francois, Valerie Jean-louis, Farah Robles As children, we embark on various journeys in life from attending our...