Justice Peer Support: On the Trauma of (and Resilience from) Incarceration

• By: Carl Alan Blumenthal, MS, MA, NYCPS Brooklyn, NY Quaker Church
• April 16th, 2025
• advocacy, criminal justice, incarceration, mental health, peer support, prison reform, recovery, social justice, Spring 2025 Issue, trauma
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Editorial Note: Given the recent NYS correction officers' strike, this article is especially timely. The strike, driven by concerns over staffing shortages and solitary confinement reforms, has coincided with the tragic deaths of nine incarcerated men (so far). This context underscores the urgency...