By Priyanka Anand
From PHN Issue 32, Spring 2017
This article is going to break down the types of HIV drugs, and why people living with HIV need to take medications to control the virus. Continue reading “HIV Meds”
How I’ve Protected My HIV Health
By Timothy Hinkhouse
From PHN Issue 31, Winter 2017
I have been going back in time with my thoughts to when I was newly diagnosed with HIV in 1990. Some serious thought has been put into how I’ve managed to live this long, so many years beyond the original expiration date given by the doctor who broke the news to me. I was 19 when I was told of my HIV diagnosis. With the lack of medications and knowledge of how to manage this disease, I was going to die before I was 22 years old. So I was told. Continue reading “How I’ve Protected My HIV Health”
How to Write a Successful Grievance
by Mrs. Ge Ge
From PHN Issue 31, Winter 2017
Most of what I will be talking about is based on Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) policy. But this information might be useful in other states. Whenever you need to write a grievance, you should first review the policy in your facility regarding grievances. In Pennsylvania (PA), that policy is DC-ADM 804. Remember that not all grievances are winners, so it is important to find any case law that is similar to your situation to use in the grievance. Continue reading “How to Write a Successful Grievance”
Understanding and Taking Control of Your High Blood Pressure
By Priyanka Anand
From PHN Issue 31, Winter 2017
Most people have heard of high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. Maybe the doctor has told you that you have high blood pressure. About 30 percent of adults in the United States have high blood pressure. Continue reading “Understanding and Taking Control of Your High Blood Pressure”
Advice from a Friend on Stress
by W. Williams
From PHN Issue 31, Winter 2017
Stress is the physical and psychological reaction to a challenging or adverse stimulus (anything causing a response). Continue reading “Advice from a Friend on Stress”
Getting Treatment for Hepatitis C
by Suzy Subways
From PHN Issue 30, Fall 2016
Hepatitis C attacks the liver and can be deadly, but new medications can cure it in almost all cases. Hep C is common in prison. But most prisons don’t even test people to find out if they have the disease, let alone provide medication to cure it. Drug companies have been allowed to set an extremely high price for the new drugs (also called “the cure”), because we live under a free-market economic system. Prisons are not willing to pay up. Continue reading “Getting Treatment for Hepatitis C”
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls Launched
From PHN Issue 30, Fall 2016
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls held its first organizing meeting in New York City on December 2015. Since then, the Council has been convening organizing meetings state by state. Thousands of formerly incarcerated women and girls have participated in the meetings. Our goal is to include the participation of women and girls in federal and state prisons, county and state jails, and immigrant detention centers. Continue reading “National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls Launched”
How to Organize a Memorial or Celebration
by Lisa Strawn
From PHN Issue 30, Fall 2016
I’m writing to give people in prison advice on how to put together a memorial or celebration. In June, I put together a Celebration of Life for the Orlando shooting victims at the facility where I’m housed. Continue reading “How to Organize a Memorial or Celebration”
Preparing for Your HIV Care on the Outside
FROM THE 2016 DISCHARGE PLANNING MANUAL
From PHN Issue 30, Fall 2016
If you are going to be released, there are a lot of things to think about first. Are you going to get medical assistance? How will you continue to get medical care for your HIV? Where is a good medical provider you can see? What happens if you can’t pay for medical care? How can you make sure that you won’t miss any medications? Does your prison or jail give you a supply of medications, a medical discharge summary and/or the name of a doctor to see once you are out? There is a lot to plan for. Below are some tips to help you to plan for your HIV care on the outside. Continue reading “Preparing for Your HIV Care on the Outside”
Some of the World’s Greatest Minds Are in Prison
by Bobby Bostic
From PHN Issue 29, Summer 2016
Prison is a place where you can find scholars of every kind. The system can lock up a person’s body, but they can’t incarcerate our minds. Right here, we have some of the world’s greatest minds. We have scientists, mathematicians, and preachers. In fact, many of you have excelled in the most difficult of all politics—prison politics. These politics can get really messy. But people in here network to make things happen on scales great and small. We must continue to apply ourselves and not settle for a label that society has placed on us. Continue reading “Some of the World’s Greatest Minds Are in Prison”
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