Prison PT
Caring for the incarcerated
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this is why I’m here
patient perspective – trust and vulnerability This is why I came to work here. A man almost in tears, grateful to be heard. Grateful to be taken care of. Dismissed by his boss on the outside. Dismissed by doctors on the outside. Dismissed by medical staff at another prison. Of course, all this experience of…
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perspective from the row
listen for yourselves This one’s a short one. It’s an offer to listen to the voices from “The Row.” The Ear Hustle Podcast recently interviewed 4 individuals who received re-sentencing on their cases. They were released from Death Row where some had spent 30 to 40+ years. They now live on the mainline at the…
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inmate perspective #12- loving yourself
loving yourself Coming back today with hopefully a more uplifting report than my last post. Also noting that, by the way, at the prison we don’t refer to them as inmates. They are respectfully “residents.” But if you ask any of them, they’ll say, “no, we’re inmates.” And for you, the general reader, you’ll likely…
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questioning
contemplating JUDGMENT I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. I wondered if I should even write about it. But here goes. A patient on our roster was dealing with a debilitating neurological disease. I won’t even name it because it might be too revealing. The disease does not have a good prognosis. And…
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