Locked Up, Not Left Behind: Humanizing Mental Healthcare in Prisons with Brooke Sheehan

How do you offer meaningful, person-centered care inside a system built on confinement and control? In this episode, Travis Heath speaks with Brooke Sheehan, a social worker and the Regional Director of a mental healthcare program operating inside correctional institutions. They unpack the myths of working in prisons, the power of radical acceptance, the flexibility required to meet varied mental health needs, and what it means to humanize care in a dehumanizing environment.