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The Center in the News:

Detainees Allege Being Drugged, Questioned: U.S. Denies Using Injections for Coercion.
The Washington Post. April 22nd, 2008
HIV In Correctional Settings: Implications for Prevention and Treatment Policy.
An address by Dr. Jody Rich at a conference held by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) in Washington, D.C. April 22nd, 2008
SCOTT A. ALLEN/JOSIAH D. RICH: Saving money at prisons.
The Providence Journal. March 16, 2008
Our Penal System, and the Uses and Abuses of Punishment.
The Boston Globe. September 30, 2007
Cambodians' Plight Led to Allen's Rights Quest.
The Providence Journal. August 6, 2007
Report: U.S. Sanctioned Torture Methods Illegal.
The Providence Journal. August 3, 2007
Health Care for Inmates Lauded.
The Providence Journal. January 11, 2007
Abuse in Prison: Stanford Revisited. Op-Ed.
The Providence Journal. July 17, 2006.
Doing Life, On the Installment Plan--A series on Rhode Island's Prison System.
WRNI News. March 26-30th, 2007


The Center in National Medical Journals:

Sex, Drugs, and HIV.
The New England Journal of Medicine. January 11, 2007
Prisons and Mental Health.
The New England Journal of Medicine. January 11, 2007
Release from Prison--A High Risk of Death for Former Inmates.
The New England Journal of Medicine. January 11, 2007


Other Featured Articles about the Center:

The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights: An Interview with Dr. Charles Carpenter
A history of The Center in "Chartnotes" -- a publication for the medical staff of The Miriam Hospital, May 2008
The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights.
Brown Medicine Magazine, Fall 2007
Heroin in the Corrections System.
Medicine and Health Rhode Island, May 2007


Other News Stories about the Rhode Island Corrections System:

Jonathan Houston: How R.I. can save money at ACI.
The Providence Journal. January 21, 2008


Prisoner Health in the National News:

Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations’.
The New York Times. April 23, 2008
Using Muscle to Improve Healthcare for Prisoners.
The New York Times. August 27, 2007
As Health Care in Jails Goes Private, 10 Days Can Be a Death Sentence.
The New York Times. February 27, 2005
The Shame of Prison Health.
The Nation. July 1, 2002