"Community helping community is a really productive way to meet needs," says Jenny Vollen-Katz, executive director of the John Howard Association, the organization behind a new report on peer support ...

A federal judge ruled in 2022 that "no legitimate humane system would operate" like Arizona's prison health care system.

The decision this week to sideline the top two health care managers for the Oregon Department of Corrections comes as the agency confronts a torrent of criticism for delaying or ignoring necessary ...

The state has paid 44% more for prisoners’ health care over the last two decades, even as the prison population has fallen by half.

Legislative proposals about prison health care follow investigative reports from Mississippi Today and other news outlets on ...

Oregon Department of Corrections Director Mike Reese seemed to strike a blow for accountability earlier this month when he fired two top health administrators in his agency and hired a consultant to ...

Conditions inside Indiana State Prison are fueling a suicide crisis, according to former mental health employees.

Darren Powell worries he could die in prison — and not because he’s serving a life sentence. He worries about dying due to a lapse in his medication. Takeaways Prison medical staffers move slowly, ...

A federal judge is taking control of Arizona’s prison health care system away from the state and giving it to a court-appointed receiver. David Fathi is director of the ACLU's National Prison Project ...