Healthcare
A year after returning home from prison, formerly incarcerated people still have a mortality rate nearly four times higher than the average person. After overdoses, chronic health issues are the leading cause of death due years of substandard care often at the hands of private healthcare providers. But COVID-19 has raised more acute health risks as staff carry the virus into facilities where access to testing, hygiene products, personal protective equipment, and medical supplies are limited and social distancing virtually impossible. Learn about why prisons cannot provide care.
Assignment
Read Textbook Chapter 10: Healthcare (pgs. 75 - 82)
Answer Discussion Guide questions in Chapter 10: Healthcare (pg. 10)
Watch the Punishment + Profit webinar on Healthcare
Watch and share this week’s 5 Quick Facts video on social media
THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW
punishment + Profit
A webinar series in collaboration with The Greene Space at New York Public Radio. Watch the replay below!
Speakers
Sheron Edwards
Incarcerated Activist
Dr. Homer Venters
Clinical Professor, NYU College of Global Public Health
Caroline Isaacs
Program Director, American Friends Service Committee AZ
Marcy Croft
Founder and Chief Legal Officer, MJ Legal
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