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A Crisis of Care: A System on Life Support
(Part 3)
May 28, 2008
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Health care in prisons and jails in California is in a state of crisis. There is no quick fix and lives are at risk. In the last of our three-part series, A Crisis of Care: A System on Life Support, we'll hear from experts offering an insiders view on the continuing health care crisis in California's prisons. We'll hear from the former federal receiver, a whistleblower correctional nurse, a former prisoner turned advocate and from a long-time prisoner rights activist who discusses the state of prison health care and the potential for change.
Featuring:
Grace Ortega, daughter Gina Muniz died while sick in prison; Robert Sillen, former California Prison Health Care Receiver; Dee Garcia, prison rights activist and former prisoner; Joey Upland, veteran correctional nurse; Donna Willmott, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children family advocacy coordinator.
Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
Associate Producer: Puck Lo
Intern: Elena Botkin-Levy
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Much appreciation to the Omnia Foundation who helped make this show possible and to Matt Fidler of "Fidler, Sound and Media" who wrote and produced the music.
For more information:
All of Us or None
1904 Franklin Street, 9th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
www.allofusornone.org
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
1540 Market Street, Suite 490
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-255-7036 ext. 4
info@womenprisoners.org
www.womenprisoners.org
California Prison Focus
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 507
Oakland, CA 94612
510-836-7222
www.prisons.org
California Prison Health Care Receivership Corporation
P.O. Box 4038
Sacramento, CA 95812-4038
916-323-1923
www.cprinc.org
Critical Resistance - National Office
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 504
Oakland, CA 94612
510-444-0484
crnational@criticalresistance.org
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor
New York, NY 10118
212-290-4700
hrwnyc@hrw.org
www.hrw.org
Justice Now
1322 Webster Street, Suite 210
Oakland, CA 94612
510-839-7654
www.jnow.org
Justice Policy Institute
1003 K Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20001
202-558-7974
info@justicepolicy.org
www.justicepolicy.org
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
1540 Market Street, Suite 490
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-255-7036
info@prisonerswithchildren.org
www.prisonerswithchildren.org
The Sentencing Project
514 Tenth Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
202-628-0871
staff@sentencingproject.org
www.sentencingproject.org
U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics
810 Seventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
202-307-0765
askbjs@usdoj.gov
http://ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Women's Prison Association
110 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10003
646-336-6100
www.wpaonline.org
Other information:
Analysis of CDCR Death Reviews 2006
www.cprinc.org/docs/resources/AnalysisOfCDCRDeathReviews2006.pdf
Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoners 2006
http://ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p06.pdf
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
www.cdcr.ca.gov
Music by: Matt Fidler of "Fidler, Sound and Media"
Other music:
Larry Pattis: "Three AM," "Homeland Suite," "Big Mountain Sunrise"