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Why Are Correctional Facilities the Nation’s Largest Mental Health …

WEBCentral State Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana On November 21, 1848, Indiana Hospital for the Insane opened in Indianapolis. It was later renamed Central State Hospital.

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Medical Neglect in ICE Detention Centers Exposed by Global …

WEBIn conjunction with organizations such as Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, and Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, who work closely with detained …

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Thinking Through Incarceration and Sexual Violence

WEBThe relationship between sexual violence and incarceration on women of color (especially LGBT women of color) is even more astounding. Sexual abuse is one of the most …

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Intersections of Mass Incarceration and Mental Illness

WEBThe stress and isolation of incarceration often causes people's mental health to deteriorate. Policies including mental health counts, which Indianapolis advocates pioneered, divert …

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Female Vulnerability and Trauma in Detention States of …

WEBWritten by - Sarah Curry. According to the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS), women held at the Esmor detention facility in 1995 were subject to humiliation and …

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Who is First Friends

WEBThe First Friends office is located in Kearny, New Jersey. They are a volunteer based organization that states its mission as such: “First Friends of NJ and NY upholds the …

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Refugees at Work: the U.S. History of Capitalizing on Captive Labor

WEBThe States of Incarceration exhibit module Seabrook Farms and “Free” Labor: How is the racialized prisoner the ideal worker? explores the complicated immigrant …

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A Complex Web of Feelings States of Incarceration

WEBThis bed sheet, decorated by an immigrant detainee, is dedicated to First Friends of NJ&NY. Credit: Photograph by Erin Donnelly and Kristyn Scorsone.

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Youth Incarceration and the Ethics of Sentencing

WEBYouth Incarceration and the Ethics of Sentencing. In 2000, at the age of 17, James Comer was sentenced to 75 years in prison for felony murder in Kearny, New Jersey — more …

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A Nurse's Reflection on Mental Health Then and Now

WEBDeb Case, a practicing nurse who completed her clinical hours at Central State Hospital, discusses the medical viewpoints on mental health in the 1970s as compared to today.

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Anna Agnew: An Advocate for Insanity States of Incarceration

WEBAnna Agnew wrote about her time spent at Indiana Hospital for the Insane (later called Central State Hospital) in Indianapolis, Indiana in her very popular book, From Under the …

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Incarceration Present and Past: 2015 and 1829

WEBPhoto by Lou Weinstein, Gothamist, gothamist.com/2015/10/25/photos_artist_locks_himself_in_cage.php#photo-2. October …

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What is "Shackling"

WEBGender and Sexuality. "Shackling” is the use of restraints on an incarcerated pregnant woman during transportation, labor, delivery, and recovery. Tina Reynolds, co-founder of …

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What is Reproductive Justice

WEBThe intersectional framework of Reproductive Justice helps us to examine mass incarceration through a human rights lens. As the incarcerated population …

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Women Beyond Bars: Edna Gooch States of Incarceration

WEBEdna Gooch was a basketball star during her teenage years in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. Instead of opting for the college scholarships she was offered, Gooch began …

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The Ins and Outs of the Jama Case Part I

WEBThe Jama case was filed in June 1997 on behalf of a group of undocumented aliens who were held at a private detention facility operated under the authority of the United States …

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Indiana Medical History Museum States of Incarceration

WEB3045 West Vermont Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222 Phone: (317) 635-7329

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New Jersey: Seeking Asylum, Resisting Detention States of …

WEBOpening Reception of States of Incarceration: Seeking Asylum, Resisting Detention in Newark, NJ. Credit: Anthony Alvarez

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American Friends Service Committee’s Immigrant Rights Program

WEBChia-Chia Wang, Nicole Miller 89 Market Street, 6th Floor Newark, NJ 07102 973-643-1924 Fax: 973-643-8924 [email protected]

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Massachusetts Statewide Harm Reduction Coalition

WEBStatewide Harm Reduction Coalition (SHaRC) demonstration in Chicopee, MA (2007). This demonstration is one of many actions organized by SHaRC members …

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Anna Agnew’s Memoir of Mental Illness States of Incarceration

WEBAnna Agnew’s Memoir of Mental Illness. Read by - Katherine Rieck. Audio by - Elizabeth Nash and Katherine Rieck. Edited by - Katherine Rieck and Nicholas Johnson. This is a …

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