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Compassion Prison Project teams up with Be The Good LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Media Alert: June 19 – 27 2021 — Compassion Prison Project (CPP) is very pleased to announce their Inaugural Run Across America For Trauma Awareness (#RAAFTA) fundraising event in partnership with Be The Good. The objective is to run a cumulative 3,000 miles, so only by joining together can we reach our goal. Participants of all ages and abilities are welcome to run, walk, stroll or roll in the...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Over the last 30 years, Dr. Bruce Perry has been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and neurosciences, holding a variety of academic positions. His work on the ramifications of abuse, neglect and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice and policy across the world. Reflecting on his new book with Oprah Winfrey, “What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing,” Dr....

1,332 3 minutes read Feature image: Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald. Photo: Freedom4chip.org. Used with permission. After 51 long years persisting in the corrupt California prison system, former Black Panther Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald passed away on March 29 at the age of 71. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Fitzgerald joined the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1969 as a youth recently released from the California Youth Authority. At the time of his deat...

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Mental health effects of COVID lockdown in prison: Interview from inside SCI Albion By Joe Piette posted on February 26, 2021 This telephone interview with Demitrius Grant, imprisoned at SCI Albion near Erie, Pa., was conducted by Joe Piette for Workers World newspaper on Feb. 16.  Demetrius Grant: We’re going to be covering the issue of COVID-19 today, as to how it impacts prisoners’ mental health. About a week ago, a sergeant told me a prisoner killed himself, and another one tried to ...

Colin KalmbacherFeb 25th, 2021, 1:35 pm FLORENCE, AZ – FEBRUARY 11: Interior of the holding cell inside the “Death House” located at the main prison complex in Florence, some 80 miles (128 km) southeast of Phoenix, Arizona. A federal judge issued a contempt order against the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) on Wednesday for the second time in three years after the ADC failed to comply with a prior settlement won by attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In a 16-...

Two former inmates have filed a lawsuit against a New Mexico prison and its food services contractor, claiming the jail’s kitchens were plagued by infestations of bugs, rats, and mice.  

(John Moore/Getty Images) The Department of Justice will not renew existing contracts with private prison companies following an executive action signed by President Joe Biden on Jan. 27. The move, part of a package of racial justice initiatives, reinstates an Obama-era policy reversed by former President Donald Trump in 2017.  Even as the industry has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice reform groups, the top private prison companies continue to net billions in revenue by contracting ...

Biden evokes Floyd in racial equity signings Marty Johnson © Getty Images Biden evokes Floyd in racial equity signings President Biden on Tuesday signed four executive orders aimed at furthering racial equity in the U.S., one of his main campaign platforms. "Nows the time to act. ... Its what the core values of this nation call us to do," Biden said at an event recognizing the orders that was held at the White Houses State Dining Room. "Weve never fully lived up to the foundi...