Solitary confinement, or the practice of isolating incarcerated people in a cell for up to 23 hours a day, is a controversial practice often reserved for punishing the bad behavior of adult inmates. Both psychologically and emotionally damaging, the research on solitary confinement as an effective disciplinary measure is limited. […]

Since the beginning of 2020, the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) has been mounting a response to a respiratory disease, that, at present, has been declared a public health emergency in 80 countries, including the US. The SAR-CoV-2 virus, also known as the Coronavirus (COVID-19), has elicited the concern […]

Since late December, the eighteenth inmate of Mississippi’s prison system died at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County, Mississippi. While this inmate had no obvious signs of injury on his body, most of the other deaths were the result of violence or suicide. These deaths occur as the result […]

American Indians and Alaskan Natives continue to have worse health outcomes and a wide mortality disparity compared to the rest of the United States’ population. This includes higher rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, alcohol addiction, suicide, sexual assault and a life expectancy of five and a half years lower […]

            Last month, the Trump Administration unveiled a new demonstration program that has the potential to dramatically overhaul the way Medicaid operates.  Currently, Medicaid is designed as a federal-state partnership in which the federal government matches the money a state spends to cover its Medicaid population. The new program, Healthy […]