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Category: Prison Healthcare

Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, CA
California / Challenges and Solutions / News / Prison Healthcare / USA

From LA jail, two inmates pioneer care for mentally ill peers (from CSMonitor.com)

Check out this excellent article from the Christian Science Monitor about an innovative program being pioneered in the Los Angeles County jail system addressing mental health: From LA jail, two …

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Inmate Taken Off Multiple “psych Meds” After Visits With Christian Science Chaplain [video]
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Inmate taken off multiple “psych meds” after visits with Christian Science Chaplain [Video]

Over 30% of all inmates in California prisons and jails are being treated for a “serious mental illness.” While the issue is largely unreported, it’s an ever-growing concern in State …

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Woman released from high security mental hospital after chaplain’s visit and prayer [Video]

You may know someone suffering from a mental health issue. Unfortunately it’s not uncommon. It’s a disease that isolates and stigmatizes people and stresses relations in families. The video you’re …

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Is it possible for prayer to heal deafness today? See for yourself… [Video]

We love sharing stories that defy human logic. Especially stories that prove—once again—that “nothing is impossible to God.” Ready to be inspired? Then watch this amazing story, as told by …

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California Mental Health in Prisons
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The Stanford Law School reported facts behind our latest video post about mental illness in California prisons

We just published an interview with Chaplain Brian about a diagnosed and treated mentally ill inmate he had been seeing for the past 8 years. This particular inmate is no longer …

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Major health issues among California’s inmates

Our prison population, is comprised of a disproportionate number of minorities and low-income Americans — 37 percent of whom have chronic diseases, 65 to 80 percent of whom have struggled with …

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