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Tag: visitation

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

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

by Rachel Crumpler September 21, 2023September 20, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler When a child goes to visit an incarcerated parent, they have to navigate a complex maze. They’re shepherded past barbed wire fences and through locked doors. They watch their caregivers get patted down. They often walk down drab halls to sit in drab rooms with a parent who’s wearing a jumpsuit.  It […]

Posted inAging

Ban on visiting NC nursing home residents gone, but obstacles remain

by Thomas Goldsmith May 27, 2021August 31, 2022
Posted inPrison Health

North Carolina prisons reopen visits for children, extend time limits

by Hannah Critchfield April 21, 2021April 20, 2021
shows men working out in a crowded gym with many freeweights.
Posted inPublic Health

Coronavirus Today – Sep. 1 – Return to gyms, museums, yoga and dance studios; Outdoor nursing home visits; Cautious optimism about NC trends, metrics

by Anne Blythe September 1, 2020November 25, 2022
Health care professionals grab disposable takeout containers outside. Providers have been responding to the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Posted inHealthcare Workers

UNC helps launch COVID-19 mental health app for health workers

by Taylor Knopf July 22, 2020July 21, 2020
We see several pumpkins with decorated with googley eyes, stickers and multicolored acrylic paint. In the center, the heart-laden face of an orange pumpkin wearing a pink yarn hat with feathers and rainbow pipecleaners looks back at us. The pumpkins were made at the October 2019 Parent Day at Orange County Correctional Center.
Posted inChildren's Health

A year without visits: COVID-19’s impact on children with incarcerated parents

by Hannah Critchfield July 16, 2020July 17, 2020

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