Rachel Crumpler, Author at North Carolina Health News - Page 19 of 29

A room with people seated at round tables looking at four panelists on stage with a slide behind them that reads "Restoration Matters" to reflect the theme of a prison reform conference

Advocates, state officials work toward reforms to improve conditions for people working and residing in NC prisons

by Rachel Crumpler October 19, 2023January 5, 2024

a sign reading "abortion is health care" held up in a crowd

A clearer picture is emerging of the impact of North Carolina’s new abortion restrictions

by Rachel Crumpler October 11, 2023October 10, 2023

shows a brick building of Central Prison behind a chain link fence topped by razor wire

Expanded prison medical release eligibility provides opportunity for more sick, aging incarcerated people to go home before they die

by Rachel Crumpler October 2, 2023October 1, 2023

A colorful, child-friendly mural inside a North Carolina prison showing the seasons and cartoon characters

13 NC prisons working to make visitation spaces more child-friendly

by Rachel Crumpler September 21, 2023September 20, 2023

shows solitary confinement cell: a bed and a toilet in a barren room

People who spent time in solitary confinement say it had lasting effects on their mental, physical health

by Rachel Crumpler September 14, 2023September 13, 2023

shows a hand displaying a silver card with a month's worth of pills in a blister pack. Three rows of the oral contraceptive pills are white, one row is light orange.

NC pharmacists emerge as new prescribers of hormonal contraceptives

by Rachel Crumpler August 23, 2023August 22, 2023