Outreach
Have info on Montana prison system mental health treatment??
Matt Brown of the Associated Press in Billings is investigating the treatment of people who live with mental illness in the State Prison. Please contact Mr. Brown if you have information that would be helpful. His phone number is (406) 896-1528 and email is:mbrown AT apDOTorg. »
womens resistance at perryville…
This comes from Jon's Jail Journal - the post for January 3, 2010. I'm giving you the lead and linking you back there for the rest, because if you haven't checked out his blog, you need to now. It's a blogspot for bloggers from jails and prisons with special focus on TentCity and Arapio.... »
Major Civil Liberties Policy Advances For D.C….
President Obama, on December 15th, signed into law the Fiscal Year 2010 Omnibus Appropriations bill, legislation that includes several positive civil liberties provisions for the District of Columbia including removal of a ban on financial aid for low-income women to receive abortions, expanded benefits for domestic partnerships and an end to D.C.’s discriminatory school... »
Harm Reduction Coalition Training Calendar is Available Online-
This fall, The Institute at Harm Reduction Coalition is bringing you a training calendar with the majority of trainings examining issues related to incarceration, law, and criminal justice.This training calendar covers wide-ranging topics within the framework of criminal justice, from how the criminal justice system affects women and girls to the impacts... »
Harm Reduction Training in Missoula
~from David Herrera, of the Montana Harm Reduction Task Force Here’s a flyer for the upcoming Montana Harm Reduction Task Force Outreach Worker Training scheduled for Saturday, October 24th in Missoula. We’re hoping to have outreach workers and providers that are interested in Hep C education and strategies regarding HIV / HCV prevention. We’re very excited... »
No Place To Call Home …Lost but NOT Forgotten.
"…I liked the way they referred to themselves as family and looked out for each other and checked in with each other when it was time to leave. We had heard of this group of kids and their amazing story about a week before we actually met them. I had no idea... »