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The Barriers to Reentering Society after Prison

BY AMNA NAWAZ

Every year about 600,000 people are released from state and federal prisons. As part of our "Searching for Justice" series, Amna Nawaz spoke with formerly incarcerated people about the difficulties older men and women face after decades behind bars.

FCM's Shira Shavit and Hoa Su Receive UCSF Founders Day Awards

BY UCSF

UCSF Family and Community Medicine's Shira S havit, MD, and Hoa Su, MPH, have been named recipients of UCSF’s 2022 Founders Day Awards.

Novel Healthcare Program for Former Prisoners Reduces Recidivism

A healthcare program tailored to the needs of recently released prisoners can significantly reduce recidivism, according to a new study led by a Yale researcher. The findings show how an approach that provides community-based primary care can play a role in the nationwide effort to decrease prison populations.

Prison And Jail Reentry And Health

BY EBONY RUSS ET AL

People reentering communities after incarceration are sicker than the general population and face barriers to accessing health care and other supports. Along with criminal justice reform, policymakers must work to improve evidence-based reentry programming that supports healthy people and communities.

Clinic Works to Include Ex-Inmates in Health Care’s Embrace

By APRIL DEMBOSKY

The inadequacy of prison health care in California was one reason for the federal court decisions that will reduce the prison population by 40,000 inmates, starting this year.

Obamacare Is a Powerful New Crime-Fighting Tool

by Vince Beiser

An astonishing two-thirds of the 730,000 prisoners released each year have substance abuse or mental health problems. But no one has been willing to pay for their treatment—until now.

Health Care Can Be Key To A Better Life For Former Inmates

by APRIL DEMBOSKY

A San Francisco law now permits the sheriff's department to enroll inmates in health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act — policies designed to cover medical care after a prisoner's release.

Cooking Class Shows Ex-Cons How to Shop and Cook on a Budget

By April Dembosky

The chef has thrown down the challenge. There are five teams, ten people each, that must make their own version of veggie chili. Juanita Alvarado stirs the secret ingredient into the pot for Team 1.

Ron Sanders: Standing between parolees and prison

by Bernice Yeung

Ron Sanders: Standing between parolees and prison Ron Sanders, a former prisoner, does just about everything possible at Transitions Clinic to prevent justice’s revolving door from claiming another

Obamacare for ex-inmates: Is health insurance an antidote to crime?

By Cara Tabachnick

Some jails and prisons are pushing to sign up exiting inmates for Medicaid, courtesy of Obamacare. The idea is that if ex-prisoners receive regular health care on the outside, fewer will reoffend.