Madness Radio: Prison Mental Health Terry Kupers

The US incarcerates more people than any country in the world – and 70% are people of color. Do we need better mental health care inside prisons — or do prisons themselves cause trauma and madness? Psychiatrist and civil lawsuit expert witness Dr.Terry Kupers, author of Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It, discusses overcrowding, racism, sensory deprivation, isolation, and sexual abuse in the disgraceful US prison system.

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Associated sites:

• American Friends Service Committee — working to end solitary confinement
• Critical Resistance – A national grassroots organization committed to ending society’s use of prisons and policing as an answer to social problems
• ACLU – Prisoners’ Rights