Jessica Kant

Guest Author

Jessica Kant is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Boston and a current MPH candidate at Boston University School of Public Health. As a community organizer, Jessica focuses on the rights of incarcerated people and working towards alternatives to carceral policy.

Jessica's Work:

07.23.2019 a close up of a railing

Health Equity
Incarceration

Prisoners' Health is Public Health

Public health has a unique responsibility not only to inspect prison facilities, but to speak out firmly when the health of incarcerated people is at risk.

Guest Authors Christine Mitchell, Jessica Kant