MHP was recognized by New York State Senator Jesse E. Hamilton at the inaugural Reflection of Hop Awards. MHP received the Program Innovation Award,...

New York Daily News

When Johnny Perez was young, he committed a crime that landed him in prison. After turning his life around 8 years into his sentence by discovering...

Washington Post

Read Johnny Perez's (MHP's Safe Reentry Advocate) letter to the editor featured in the Washington Post!

Al-Jazeera

Those with mental illness who are incarcerated are at a disadvantage while in prison and given less support from the prison system after release....

WNYC Radio

"Prisons should have tools to keep control within the prison," he said, "but I also feel that there's no situation in which a...

Law

Great news for a MHP client currently represented by our director of criminal justice advocacy, Jennifer J. Parish! An appeals court ordered a new parole hearing for an inmate denied release for violent behavior that he said occurred while he was improperly denied medication in prison for schizo-affective behavior and other mental illnesses.

NY Daily News

Read our letter to the Daily News about their recent editorial that used the word 'crazies". This is an example of the sort of stigmatizing language people use in reference to people with mental illness.

Law

Jennifer Parish, director of criminal justice advocacy for MHP was presented with the Felix A. Fishman award "for her tireless dedication to the...

Refinery 29

Read Refinery29's article about misconceptions about life after prison. It features words from Johnny Perez, MHP's safe-reentry advocate.

News Day

More still needs to be done, Jennifer J. Parish of the inmate-advocates Urban Justice Center told de Blasio during a public-comment period. Parish...