From the article by Shawn Harris incarcerated at Bucks County Department of Corrections, Doylestown,PA. in published in Prison Writers:
“There is a list here of 132 inmates diagnosed with cancer,” the psychologist assigned to my block announced. She was sitting in front of her computer as the Psychology Department Head and I discussed the commencement of the first ever Cancer Support Group in my prison.
I had been, for the past year, stressing the importance of having a Cancer Support Group for the men at my facility. We were having a meeting to finalize the date and time when the group would start. We weren’t certain if there were even enough inmates diagnosed in the prison to warrant a support group. In fact the psychology department head specifically asked me how many did I know who were currently battling the illness. He even struggled to recall one or two he remembered working with in recent days.
So when the psychologist said the number we were all stunned. “So what’s the age range?” he asked.
“All ages.”
“And what are the types of cancer?”
“All types.” Continue reading >>>
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