COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY PROGRAM

MEDICAL AND REHABILATION OPPORTUNITIES

As of 2021, there were 1.2 million prisoners in the United States. Prisoners have the right to adequate healthcare under the eighth amendment. This means they should not be subject to cruel and unusual punishment, but sadly this is not the case. Many claims have been regarding the “deprivation of basic elements of adequate medical treatment”, “deliberate indifference” and most importantly “abuse of discretion”. In many cases this issue seems to target specific classifications such as background and race, but the number of reported claims for medical deprivation of HIV positive prisoners is staggering. Reports include deaths and lack of required medications needed to sustain their immune system resulting in their condition transitioning into AIDS. As shocking as this may sound, due to raising prison population and budget crisis, this issue is projected to worsen.

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The Community Re-Entry Program was created to address this infliction head on. Upon release, members of the program will receive case management, proper medical treatments, career development, housing assistance and more.