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Medical Care In Prison

This collection contains audio and print materials related to health and medical care in prison.

Documents

Medical neglect: genocide within the PIC, Critical Resistance- Beyond the PIC Medical neglect: genocide within the PIC, Critical Resistance- Beyond the PIC
Call Number: PM 284Format: Cass A & BProducers: PARCCollection: Medical Care In Prison
This is a 1998 taping of a workshop presented by PARC and moderated by Lauren Jones. Scott Kosa (sp?), a prison healthcare reform advocate and former prison social worker, explains causal factors in why corrective facilities hyave failed in response to HIV and healthcare and also addresses issues the PIC ignores. Pamela Africa, minister of defense of the MOVE organization, reflects on her and other MOVE members' experiences inside prison, medical neglect and deprivation. Judy Greenspan, director of PAssionate Release, uses the story of Ronnie Sappington to address the brutality of medical neglect.
HIV and Women in Prison HIV and Women in Prison
Call Number: PM 368Format: CassetteCollection: Medical Care In Prison
Three prison activist talk about how the conditions of prison are hazardous to the health of imprisoned women. They speak specifically about HIV positive women and how they are not adequately care for in prisons.
A Collection of Materials on Prisoners with HIV/AIDS A Collection of Materials on Prisoners with HIV/AIDS
Publisher: ACT UPCollection: Medical Care In Prison
A survey of literature on prisoners with HIV AIDS, with special emphasis on activism.