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Tag: reentry

A Black man in a blue shirt smiles while holding his hands together
Posted inPrison Health

NC podcaster highlights prison-to-community success stories

by Rachel Crumpler March 9, 2023March 8, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler At age 19, Craig Waleed had just entered a New York state prison. He was angry and afraid. As Waleed explains, he’d fallen in love with the streets and their offerings — enamored with the gangs, bars and drugs. Observing the behavior in his neighborhoods, he thought it was the way Black […]

A man in a blue hat and suit is holder a yellow folder while talking to a man with a stethoscope and a man in a red shirt. They are in what appears to be a doctor's office.
Posted inMedicaid

Uninsured former inmates suffer financial, health, societal consequences from lack of accessible care. Medicaid expansion could help.

by Rachel Crumpler February 24, 2023February 23, 2023
Two yellow figures emerge from behind bars and start walking down a path. At the end of the path is a house, but there is a roadblock in the way.
Posted inPrison Health

After prison, individualized reentry plans are cutting recidivism

by Rachel Crumpler September 7, 2022September 6, 2022
We see a gated entrance to Neuse Correctional Institution located in Goldsboro. The facility has had hundreds of inmates test positive for COVID-19, including several who have died.
Posted inPrison Health

Prisons were some of the hardest hit places during the pandemic. What are the next steps forward?

by Elizabeth Thompson June 7, 2022June 7, 2022
Two hands clasped together to signify peer support
Posted inPrison Health

Decreasing sex crimes with therapy, friendship

by Elizabeth Thompson April 15, 2022August 30, 2022
shows a brick building of Central Prison behind a chain link fence topped by razor wire
Posted inPrison Health

Sex offender registry makes reentry a balancing act of restrictions without resources

by Elizabeth Thompson April 13, 2022August 30, 2022

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