14 Oct Strategies to Optimize the Use of Compassionate Release From US Prisons
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14 Oct A case study of solitary confinement reform in Oregon
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The continued use of solitary confinement has sparked international public health and human rights criticisms and concerns. This carceral practice has been linked repeatedly to a range of serious psychological harms among incarcerated persons....
14 Oct Extreme Heat and Suicide Watch Incidents Among Incarcerated Men
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Extreme heat poses a distinct risk to the 2.1 million incarcerated people in the United States, who have disparately high rates of behavioral health conditions. Suicide is a leading cause of death among people in prisons....
14 Oct Reforming Solitary-Confinement Policy–Heeding a Presidential Call to Action
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14 Oct Older Prisoners and the Physical Health Effects of Solitary Confinement
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In February 2016, on his 69th birthday, Albert Woodfox was freed from prison after he had spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement. I met Mr. Woodfox in 2006 when I served as his legal case?s medical expert. He was the last incarcerated member...
14 Oct Examining the role of healthcare professionals in the use of solitary confinement
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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare the following interests: BW has served as an expert witness and as a court consultant in legal cases related to prison conditions of confinement. ...
14 Oct We just needed to open the door: a case study of the quest to end solitary confinement in North Dakota
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Solitary confinement is a widespread practice in US correctional facilities. Long-standing concerns about the physical and mental health effects of solitary confinement have led to litigation, legislation, and community activism resulting in many prison systems introducing policies or implementing legal mandates to reduce or eliminate...
14 Oct Consensus Statement from the Santa Cruz Summit on Solitary Confinement and Health
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14 Oct Medical Isolation and Solitary Confinement: Balancing Health and Humanity in US Jails and Prisons During COVID-19
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In the face of the continually worsening COVID-19 pandemic, jails and prisons have become the greatest vectors of community transmission and are a point of heightened crisis and fear within the global crisis....
14 Oct Occupational Health: A Key to the Control of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities
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Coronavirus disease 2019 has swept through prisons in much the same way it has nursing homes: after being introduced by staff or newly arrived residents, it spreads efficiently, including to many with medical vulnerabilities. Yet, many correctional workers lack basic protections. ...