Who decides when people in prison will receive health care, how they will do so, and what kind of care they receive? Health care for incarcerated populations is often determined by elements of the correctional system, including staff interference, budget limitations, or security overrides, instead of being informed by a patient’s clinical needs. Join us for a panel discussion on how these failures in care manifest themselves and how medical justice can be achieved for incarcerated populations. Our panelists will bring diverse perspectives to the matter from health care providers to legal...
Please join us for a discussion with Frances Haugen as part of our series Decisions & Desserts: What I Decided and Why. These events put undergraduates in conversation with leading decisionmakers, and allow undergraduates to explore with them the ethical considerations and other factors that went into some of their major life...
For some Americans, sustained and additional investments in police and prisons are seen as critical and necessary to ensure safety and justice for all citizens. On this view, enhanced support for law enforcement is key. Other Americans, however, call for reducing the scope of...
In collaboration with the Harvard Book Store, we are happy to host Professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò as he discusses his recent book, Reconsidering Reparations.
Algorithmic intermediaries increasingly mediate and govern our social relations, across commerce, politics, and sociality more broadly. In doing so, they exercise a...
Incarcerated people in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from chronic health conditions, their acute medical needs often go unmet, and the carceral healthcare system that serves them...
Lecture will be livestreamed with limited in-person seating in Science Center E
Pamela Hieronymi is a Professor of Philosophy at UCLA. She has published on moral responsibility and on our control over our own states of mind. She is currently bringing these two strands together into a book, Minds that Matter, in order to unwind the traditional problem of...
Please join us for the first of the four-part event series, "Medical Justice and the Carceral State," that aims to encourage collaboration between health and legal experts, raise awareness about healthcare disenfranchisement in carceral settings, and showcase the material change that is possible through public interest law and medical partnerships.
Panelists:
Toorjo Ghose, MSW, PhD Associate Professor of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania
