In this episode we hear about health care inequities in the prison system with three first hand accounts by Tylon T Boogie Sizemore, Tony Cyprian, and Pamela Keane.

A 2013 analysis found each year of incarceration shortens a person’s life span by two years. The poor quality of healthcare staffing and facilities, lack of oversight and accountability, high cost of copays charged to prisoners, and the general dehumanization that occurs in a carceral system based on punishment are among the factors that contribute to the terrible medical outcomes in America’s prison population.

Our first story is from Tylon, who works as an intensive case manager, helping people in and out of custody reentering society. And, she does stand up. While serving a prison sentence, Tylon experienced inadequate health care, suffering multiple emergency surger ...