Building Trust and Breaking Isolation
Meet Mr. Bango, a peer mentor working to help other people who are incarcerated build trust and engage with the Resource Team.
Restoring Human Connection After Years of Isolation
Mr. Gomez lived idly in a solitary confinement prison cell, isolated from the prison’s general population, for most of his 14-year sentence. In his final year of incarceration, his experience changed dramatically after engagement with the Resource Team.
“Palliative Care for Prisoners”
Re: “Frail, Old and Dying, but Their Only Way Out of Prison Is a Coffin” (Mar 8, 2018):
Even with optimal compassionate release policies, many older prisoners with serious illnesses will never surpass the administrative hurdles necessary to gain release from prison or indeed be eligible for such release. For these people, we must optimize prison-based palliative care.