Pregnancy in Prison: The Impact of COVID-19

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Date/Time: Dec 2nd,2021 | 6:30 - 8 pm 

Location: School of Public Health II - Thomas Francis Jr. Building, Room 1020

Join us for a conversation about the pandemic’s ongoing impact on reproductive healthcare in Michigan prisons and learn how you can advocate for change.

Event Description:

By hosting this event, the Prison Birth Project aims to showcase expert opinions on pregnancy during incarceration and the drastic impact that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had on reproductive healthcare in prison. This panel will bring together speakers including prisoner rights advocate Natalie Holbrook, OBGYN Dr. Deborah Landis Lewis, and Chief Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Burton-Harris. We hope that you leave this event with a deeper understanding of the healthcare crisis in Michigan prisons and your role in advocating for change.

The Good Neighbor Project is co-mentorship program designed to match up free-world individuals with Michigan prisoners who are serving Life or Long Indeterminate sentences. Many of these prisoners have been incarcerated for so long that they have lost their network of social support from family, friends, and the community. It is through letter or email correspondences that our co-mentors develop strong and meaningful relationships that are meant to promote transformation, redemption and healing. The reciprocal relationship provides an opportunity for both free-world and incarcerated individuals to grow and learn from each other. This program aims to give prisoners a voice and shed a light on the hardships of enduring prison and the problem with relying on long sentences to address deeply rooted social issues.

Criteria for participating:

• Agree to a one-year commitment to the program

• Commit to letter writing (or emailing) at least once every two weeks

• Attend co-mentor training and follow-up trainings

• Communicate with the program coordinator and submit updates/evaluations

• Engage in group discussions about problems, concerns and moral dilemmas you may encounter during the co-mentor relationship

For more information, visit their website @ http://www.prisoneradvocacy.org/about-us/good-neighbor-project/

Orientation will be led by Program Coordinator Demetrius Titus.

The session will take place on October 17th at School of Public Health 1 Room No. 3755 (New Public Health Building) from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. 

Please RSVP at here!

If you have any additional questions, please contact us at prisonbirthproject@umich.edu.