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prison
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‘Jail’ and ‘prison’ aren’t interchangeable, and other stuff journalists should know
Tips for journalists covering how police, judges, jails and prisons handle convicted and criminally charged people with mental illness.
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S. Dakota pilot project reduces number of inmates with mental health, behavioral issues
Amid a nationwide push to pare the number of incarcerated people with mental and/or behavioral disorders, a South Dakota pilot…
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Reporter drew on life experience to report on inadequate prison dental care
Much remains unknown about the oral health status of more than two million incarcerated Americans, but research suggests that many dental needs…
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Advice from a reporter experienced in interviewing people in stigmatized populations
Heather Boerner’s October 2018 piece at NPR examined the fate of people who live without treatment for their HIV after…
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Texas prisoners denied dentures; 3D printing might change that
Over the course of the past year, more than two dozen Texas inmates contacted the Houston Chronicle with grim stories…
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‘Invisible’ inmates face barriers to getting dental care
The U.S. Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. A 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Estelle V. Gamble, declares that prisoners…
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For N.C. reporter, news brief led to series on solitary confinement, mental illness
In most states, care for those with behavioral health problems is so poor that the nation’s prisons have become the…
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Story ideas revealed in intersection of mental illness, criminal justice system
One of the sessions featured at Health Journalism 2017 in Orlando explored the intersection of the criminal justice system and…
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Records review prompts long-term project for Oklahoma reporter
Jaclyn Cosgrove, a health writer at The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, was sorting through jail inspection reports from the state…
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Tip sheet explores the mental health issues of aging prisoners
Our nation’s aging prison population is bringing to the forefront issues of geriatric mental health among inmates. There are no…
