We finally finished the Summer issue of Prison Health News — with vital information that is right on time for people in prisons and jails around the country.
You can download it as a pdf for reading by clicking here, or the printable version by clicking here. See the end of this post for helpful printing instructions.
This issue’s got
- Beat Stress with Dahn Yoga Meditation by Teresa Sullivan
- Fasting for Human Rights in the Secure Housing Units of California by Suzy Subways
- How HIV Meds Work, Part II: An Update on HIV Drug Classes by Hannah Zellman
- The Society for Employment and Equal Rights by George N. Murray
- Free Your Mind by Angelo Johnson
plus, addresses in different regions of the U.S. to write for Advocacy and Support Resources and Informational Resources!
Prison Health News is a print newsletter read by 2,500+ people who are locked up in prisons and jails across the United States. It is produced by a Philadelphia-based collective of writers and editors, most of whom have been in prison and are living with HIV, and includes the work of imprisoned artists and writers. Our readers are living inside a system that denies them prevention tools and treatment information about HIV, hepatitis, and other health issues. They are dealing with medical neglect, daily humiliations driven by intense stigma, and the destruction of their communities by mass imprisonment.
Prison Health News is a project of Reaching Out: A Support Group with Action and the Institute for Community Justice, which are based at the HIV/AIDS services organization Philadelphia FIGHT. Volunteers at the AIDS Library (also at FIGHT) answer the many letters to us from people in prisons and jails asking for resources and health information. Continue reading