inmates
Exploitation or rehabilitation? As the California wildfires continue to burn, non-violent prisoners have volunteered to fight the blaze for one dollar an hour. But it’s a controversial program.
An inmate advocacy group publicized Ajit Pai's prior work this week.
Oregon's Dept. of Corrections uses mindfulness to help combat high rates of PTSD, depression and suicide among officers.
The 430,000 Correctional Officers responsible for America's 2.3 million prison inmates face high rates of stress, health problems, PTSD, depression, and suicide. The Oregon Department of Corrections is using mindfulness to change that.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“[The handlers] love to see that the dogs they trained are being successful in their families.”
Spending time among aging prisoners and listening to their stories, a photographer seeks to break down barriers to seeing their humanity.
"It never crossed my mind not to help, whether he's got a gun or a badge."
Giving them the green light.
"I have never seen a group of people so grateful to have a procedure that's considered so painful."
The group denounces the lack of HIV testing and treatment inside parish jails.