Welcome.

“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members,” said Mahatma Gandhi.

Welcome to Health. Care. Incarcerated.

Healthcare is complicated enough, but within a carceral setting, bound by budget constraints and compassion barriers, the experience is abysmal.

On Health. Care. Incarcerated. we interview people living this reality. We place their stories in context historically, scientifically, legally, medically, and politically, and speak with advocates working to reform the system through abolitionist aims.

In the teaser, we’ll lay a groundwork for mutual understanding because prison is as complicated as it is controversial.

We are here to learn, to attempt to understand what’s really going on with health care behind bars.

It won’t always be easy to hear. Which is precisely why we must. Why we’re going to break the narrative free from the shadows and shine a light on the tough stuff.