A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that being held in restrictive housing (i.e., solitary confinement) is associated with an increased risk of death after a person is released from prison. Incarcerated individuals who were placed in restrictive housing in North Carolina from 2000 to […]
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Ex-doctor in Texas sentenced to 20 years in prison over opioid deaths
Howard Gregg Diamond, a Texas doctor who wrote unnecessary prescriptions for powerful drugs that contributed to the overdose deaths of at least seven people, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. (Fannin County Sheriff’s Office) A former North Texas pain management doctor was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for prescribing painkillers that […]
What It's Really Like to Get Your Period in Prison
Getting your period in prison can be a nightmare. I don’t know anyone who enjoys those “days of the month” under any conditions, but being dependent on others for something as intimate as period supplies makes it the absolute worst time of the month when you’re incarcerated — as I was for almost 35 years. […]