"We believe that healing the earth is healing work, and everyone should have access to this medicine"
-Owen Ashe
Our focus
Environmental Justice at the intersection of Decarceration and Ecological Restoration.
The number of people in the United States who are currently incarcerated.
Source; Vera.org People In Jail and Prison Fact Sheet 2020. www.vera.org/downloads/publications/people-in-jail-and-prison-in-2020-fact-sheet.pdf
95% of incarcerated people are eventually released. Their physical and mental health is ultimately a community and societal concern.
Source: Soble, L., Stroud, K., & Weinstein, M. (2020). Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison. Impact Justice.
Hughes, T., & Wilson, D. (2002). Reentry Trends In The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
75% of survey respondents (who were formerly incarcerated) stated that they had been served rotten or spoiled food. Incarcerated people are six times more likely than the general public to become sickened by foodborne illness.
Source: Soble, L., Stroud, K., & Weinstein, M. (2020). Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison. Impact Justice.
Type 2 Diabetes affects incarcerated individuals at nearly DOUBLE the rate of those in the general US population. Chronic illness is violence enacted by the Prison Industrial Complex.
Source: Andrew Wilper MD, MPH, et al. "The Health and Health Care of US Prisoners: Results of a Nationwide Survey"
