Percy describes IGNITE as a cultural change…and after hearing more about it, we have to say that we agree with him. Based out of Genesee County Jail in Michigan, IGNITE is a program that offers extensive educational opportunities to incarcerate

8. Incarceration: The Time Lost

Jun 30th, 2021 33m 51s

While carceral settings are often branded as places of reform, individuals who experience incarceration in America often reflect on how so much of their time in this punitive environment is spent waiting: waiting for helpful services, waiting f

7. Incarcerated While Innocent

Jun 16th, 2021 32m 45s

America’s criminal legal system disproportionately traps individuals who don’t have access to many resources and come from lower-income backgrounds. With exorbitantly high bails and minimal legal aid, thousands of individuals are detained in ja

6. Coming Home

Jun 2nd, 2021 46m 49s

Tashoy Miller is an entrepreneur and an activist. Through her growing business, Ground Up, she hopes to assist formerly incarcerated individuals with reentry and navigating the job market. Tash herself was incarcerated in a Mississippi jail thr

5. The Impacts of Incarceration on LGBTQI Individuals

May 20th, 2021 39m 27s

LGBTQI individuals, and more specifically LGBTQI people of color, are overrepresented in the U.S. criminal legal system. Why? And how does incarceration impact the health of people in this community specifically? For today’s episode, we delve i

4. Growing Up Behind Bars

Apr 28th, 2021 45m 44s

LaWanda Hollister is an incoming college student and a chef who aspires to start her own food truck business. She was also incarcerated for 34 years. Today, we speak with her about the experience of entering prison as a teenager and leaving as

3. Contradictions of Care and Confinement

Apr 14th, 2021 42m 25s

Incarcerated individuals gain the constitutional right to health care just as most of their other rights are taken away from them. This episode, we’re joined with Dr. Carolyn Sufrin, a medical anthropologist and OB/GYN, to unpack what this mean

2. Recovery, Reunification, and Resilience: Kayla's Story

Mar 31st, 2021 39m 35s

Kayla Mach was formerly incarcerated at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility. This episode follows her journey of substance use recovery and heartbreaking separation from her daughters. She is now dedicated to using various platforms to a

1. Labor and Delivery while Incarcerated

Mar 17th, 2021 48m 26s

What is labor and delivery like for an incarcerated pregnant person? Is she shackled? Does she get to hold her baby? Today, we are joined by Dr. Deborah Landis Lewis, an OB/GYN and liaison between the women's prison in Michigan and the birthing

Trailer

Women's Health, Incarcerated: Season 2 Trailer

Mar 10th, 2021 1m 30s

Women's Health, Inc. (WHInc.) is back with another season. Tune in March 17, 2021 for our first episode. Music by Fesliyan Studios.

12. COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons, part 2

Sep 23rd, 2020 22m 8s

Incarceration is isolation. And amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, folks are more isolated than ever--having minimal interactions with their loved ones and even with legal representation. Today, Somil Trivedi continues to shed light on the sparse an

11. COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons, part 1

Sep 16th, 2020 19m 2s

This week we’re joined by Somil Trivedi, a senior staff attorney from the ACLU, who shares his insight and experiences working to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in jails and prisons. With the pandemic in mind, we discuss the role

10. State Violence Against Black Women, part 2

Sep 9th, 2020 37m 57s

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of violence, racism, and sexual violence. This week, we continue our conversation with Professor Michelle S. Jacobs to delve further into the ways in which state violence is committed against B

9. State Violence Against Black Women, part 1

Sep 2nd, 2020 27m 24s

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of violence, racism, and sexual violence. Michelle S. Jacobs, a Professor of Law at the University of Florida, walks us through the layered nature of violence and oppression against Black women

8. The Trauma Inside: Pregnancy in Prison

Aug 26th, 2020 38m 54s

Content Warning: This episode will contain discussion of trauma-related events and impacts including sexual assault, interpersonal or domestic violence, grief, and loss. Today, Jacqueline Williams continues to share her expertise with us regard

7. The Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline

Aug 19th, 2020 24m 33s

Content Warning: This episode will contain discussion of trauma-related events and impacts including sexual assault, interpersonal or domestic violence, grief, and loss. This week we invited the cofounder of the Michigan Prison Doula Initiative

6: Conversations with Asia: Womanhood in Prison

Aug 5th, 2020 31m 2s

Content Warning: This episode discusses issues related to sexual assault, abuse, and violence. This week we continue our conversation with Asia Johnson as she shares her experiences reentering society and the opportunities she sought out that i

5. Conversations with Asia: Navigating Mental Health in the System

Jul 29th, 2020 21m

Content Warning: This episode discusses issues of trauma, sexual assault, violence, depression, and death. Our guest today is a filmmaker, essayist, poet, activist, and student, and has been formerly incarcerated. Asia Johnson speaks on pre-car

4. Periods Behind Bars: The Impacts of Social Control

Jul 22nd, 2020 20m 38s

Content Warning: This episode discusses issues related to sexual assault, abuse, and violence. Our entire carceral state is a mechanism of social control -- a way for those in power to abuse norms, sanctions, and laws to marginalize individual

3. Periods Behind Bars: Accessibility and Physical Health Effects

Jul 15th, 2020 22m 52s

Menstrual hygiene products are not free in jails and prisons across America. Policies regarding this issue are quite minimal--only recently, in 2018, did federal legislation addressing this get passed. But even then, the First Step Act only off

2. Conversations with Mary: Criminalizing the Poor

Jul 8th, 2020 25m 13s

Continuing our conversation with Mary Heinen McPherson, we gain more insight into the criminalization of the poor, especially of poor women. 80% of women in jails are the primary caretakers of their children, so what happens when moms get locke

1. Conversations with Mary: Changing Prison Policy

Jul 1st, 2020 21m 34s

Prior to a Michigan lawsuit brought forward by incarcerated women in 1977, women in Michigan lacked access to educational, vocational, and rehabilitative programming inside prisons. Today, there still remain great disparities between programmin

Bonus

Meet the Hosts

Jun 28th, 2020 5m 28s

Learn a little more about your hosts, Bhavana and Vennela, and how it all began!

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Women's Health, Incarcerated: Trailer

Jun 21st, 2020 4m 14s

Welcome to Women's Health, Incarcerated., also known as WHInc. Conversations and education regarding the state of the American incarceration system and women's health. Premieres July 1, 2020.

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