News
- Interview of Stephanie discussing Hidden Healers: The Unexpected Ways Women in Prison Help Each Other Survive (April 2024)
- Podcast with Stephanie discussing A Woman's Way - Trauma Healing, Addiction Recovery & The Criminal Justice System (March 2024)
- Judiciary of Guam provided partners training on recovery, domestic assault (March 2024)
- Incarcerated Men and Women Are Learning to Address Their Own Trauma (May 2023)
- CDCR Trauma-informed Services Improve Rehabilitation Chances (June 2022)
- Interrupting Cycles of Harm, Inside and Outside Prison Walls, (YES! Magazine, April 1, 2022)
- Woman serving 10 years for trying to murder her father claims she stabbed him 12 times after he was found not guilty of raping her - but insists helping other inmates in prison has 'saved her life' (Daily Mail, February 24, 2020)
- Videos of program graduations and sessions compiled by Envisioning Justice Solutions:
Men and Women
California Institution of Women SHU
California Institution of Men - Can We Build a Better Women's Prison? (The Washington Post, October 28, 2019)
- Helping juveniles build a bright future: Trauma-informed gender-responsiveness reduces recidivism. The Humboldt Sun (August 28, 2019)
- Free training focuses on trauma responsiveness The Humboldt Sun(August 3, 2019)
- California Institution for Men Moving Beyond Violence Graduation (March 2019)
- Rory Stewart highlighting the importance of employment in reducing reoffending (March 2019)
- 7 Young Nonprofits Transforming Peoples' Lives (January 2019)
- 56 CIM inmates Moving Beyond Violence with special graduation (Sept 2018)
- Prison nurseries give incarcerated mothers a chance to raise their babies — behind bars (August 2018)
- Prison hurts women more than men — so England is trying a new approach (August 2018)
- Corcoran Resilience Program (April 2018)
- CIM Inmates Don Caps and Gowns as they Move Beyond Violence (February 2018)
- Transforming Hurt into Healing: "Building Resilience" Program Thrives in Corcoran (Jan 2018)
- GEO Group interview of Dr. Covington about using trauma-informed and gender-responsive services in crimal justice settings (Dec 2017)
- Trauma-Informed Approaches Need to be Part of a Comprehensive Strategy for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic (August 2017)
- Giving City: Program at Women's Prison Helps Inmates Deal with Trauma (July 2017).
- Corcoran prisoners heal by Building Resilience (June 2017)
- Corcoran prison officials highlight success of new trauma-based program for inmates (June 2017)
- Ask the Experts: A Conversation with Stephanie Covington, PhD (Spring 2017)
- Women who commit violent crimes need programs to help them while in prison. (March 2017)
- Dr. Covington spoke on a panel at the "Trauma-Informed Approaches in School: Supporting Girls of Color and Rethinking Discipline" conference hosted by The White House Council on Women and Girls, together with the US Dept of Eduction, the Georgetwon Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, and The National Crittenton Foundation. (September 2016)
- As a five-year old, you did not deserve to be hit by a stick - and other words that men need to hear. (August 2016)
- The Number of Women in Jail Is Up 1,260%—What Are They Doing Wrong? (Marie Claire, August 2016)
- Stephanie Covington: Pioneering a Woman’s Way to Recovery. (December 2015)
- Dr. Covington presented Inspiration from Faraway Places: What We Can Learn from Other Countries at the Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders Conference.
- Iceland update on Dr. Covington (October 2015)
- Clients and staff joined Stephanie Covington and Lady Edwina Grosvenor to re-name one of their two specialist women’s treatment centres on 21st September, 2015 at the Nelson Trust in Stroud, England. This was a deeply emotional occasion celebrating the power of women supporting women.
Nelson Trust article about the event (posted Sept 24, 2015)
One Small Thing article about the event (posted October 2015)
Download a PowerPoint presentation of the creation of the mural at Covington House (posted October 2015)
- A program in California state prisons helps women convicted of violent offenses face trauma from their pasts (July 2015)
- Women Inmates: Why the Male Model Doesn’t Work. As the number of women inmates soars, so does the need for policies and programs that meet their needs (The New York Times, June 2014).
- Stephanie S. Covington gives details of research related to women offenders and their needs (November 2014)
- Psychologist Stephanie Covington believes understanding trauma can help staff appreciate that women in jail can be victims too (April 2014)
- Why Prison Isn't Working for Women. Psychologist Stephanie Covington believes understanding trauma can help staff appreciate that women in jail can be victims too (The Guardian, April 2014).
- A Court’s All-Hands Approach Aids Girls Most at Risk (The New York Times, January 28, 2014)
- William White's 2014 interview with Dr. Stephanie Covington (January 2014)
