Events

From August to November 2025, we’re exploring “Prison and Health.” Together, we’ll discuss how conceptions of health shape and are shaped by the prison. Each session examines an aspect of health within the carceral space to unsettle ideas of “embodiment,” “wellbeing,” and “autonomy.”

What are we talking about?

  • Aging In Prison: Time, Pain, and Struggle

    Texts

    Aging Behind Prison Walls: Studies in Trauma and Resilience (2021) by Tina Maschi and Keith Morgen

    Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance (1999) by Leonard Peltier

  • Prison Hunger Strikes: Political Expression and Health

    Texts

    Refusal to Eat: A Century of Prison Hunger Strikes (2022) by Nayan Shah

    Writings from Prison (2010) by Bobby Sands

  • Loneliness and Health: Emotional and Social Wellbeing in Prison

    Texts

    Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement (2016) edited by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, and Sarah Shourd

  • Herbalism In Prison: Healing Justice and Health Autonomy

    Texts

    The Prisoner’s Herbal (2019) by Nicole Rose

    For Health Autonomy: Horizons of Care Beyond Austerity-Reflections from Greece (2020) by CareNotes Collective