Public Health Prison Abolition
Public health, incarceration, and the case for a world without cages
Carceral systems produce illness. Abolition is a public health imperative.
This site brings together public health programs and policies with abolitionist thought to make the case that public health interventions can drive decarceration and create a world without prisons.
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Stephen C. Kane is a board-certified physician in family medicine and general preventive medicine and public health. His work sits at the intersection of carceral health, MOUD policy, psychiatric care in custody, and the structural determinants that make incarceration a public health crisis. He has engaged in legislative advocacy, policy development, and academic work on these topics.
Outside of clinical and policy work, Stephen is an artist whose creative practice intersects with themes of social justice, abolition, and the politics of the body. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
The views expressed on this site are solely those of Stephen C. Kane and do not represent the positions of any employer, institution, health department, or other organization with which he is or has been affiliated.
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