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Prison Overcrowding Crisis Unhealthy for All Californians

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison Overcrowding Crisis Unhealthy for All Californians New America Media, Commentary, Donna Willmott, Posted: Dec 04, 2008 Review it on NewsTrust Editor's note: California prisons have become the largest mental health system for the poor, the largest battered women's shelter, and the largest system of public housing, observes NAM contributing writer, Donna Willmott, M.P.H. Willmott is the Family Advocacy Coordinator at Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and teaches in the Health Education and Community Health Studies Department of City College of San Francisco. As a public health professional who has spent over 10 years advocating for prisoners' rights, I am dismayed to see the health of prisoners once again become a political football...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).