Don’t downplay the symptoms of depression. Here are 13 ways to fight back against mental health issues.
By Prison Fellowship
May 26, 2020
Mental Health | Prison Survival Guide
Christmas is supposed to be a happy time, so why do so many of us deal with holiday depression in the winter?
By Stacia Ray
October 31, 2017
Christmas | Families of Incarcerated | In Prison | Inside Journal | Mental Health
More than 750,000 people in our prison system have a disability, reports RespectAbility, a group that advocates for those with disabilities.
Of those, more than half a million have some sort of cognitive impairment; at least 250,000 have mobility issues; and 140,000 have some kind of vision loss.
By Zoe Erler
June 24, 2016
Constructive Prison Culture | deaf | hearing disability | Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi | Mental Health | PBS News Hour | Prison | RespectAbilityIt is estimated that close to half of those incarcerated in state and federal prisons display some symptoms of mental illness. These men and women are more likely to return to prison after their release, and to stay longer once in prison than their fellow prisoners.
By Steve Rempe
February 15, 2016
House of Representatives | Mental Health | Mental Health Act