Prison PT
Caring for the incarcerated
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non-career criminal
could it be you? Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the “non-career criminal.” It’s easy to think from the outside that those in the inside are all hardened, repeat offenders. But they’re not all in that category. Some are inside for a one time event. A first offense. They lived an otherwise law abiding…
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reflections: year one
year in review One year done and dusted. It’s gone so fast. As I reflect on my first year working in a state prison, I find myself smiling. “I wish I started years ago.” But, as I often say, “right time, right place.” I just don’t think I was in that head space to think…
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prison health costs
curiosity Having been at the prison almost a year now, I have a better idea of how much effort and time is devoted towards prison healthcare….at least at our prison. It’s a lot. According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan fiscal and policy advocate for California, here are the average medical costs per incarcerated…
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inmate perspective #9- morals and ethics
morals and ethics I got a good chuckle and a worthy lesson from on of my patients who is incarcerated on the now defunct Death Row. Since the death penalty doesn’t exist in this state now, this means he’s a lifer without the possibility of parole. He resides on a tier in the prison that…
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