A Multilevel Approach to Understanding Mass Incarceration and Health: Key Directions for Research and Practice

After decades of punitive social policies driving up incarceration rates, the number of lives affected by the US criminal legal system is unprecedented. In 2016, 6.7 million people were in jail, in prison, or on probation or parole, more than double the number in 1986.1 Mounting evidence suggests th...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2020-01, Vol.110 (S1), p.S50-S51
Main Author: Jahn, Jaquelyn L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
AJPH Methods
Community Health
Crime
Data collection
Families & family life
Family Health
Health disparities
Health research
Human Rights
Imprisonment
Law enforcement
Legal system
Mass incarceration
Other Statistics/Evaluation/Research
Parents & parenting
Population
Prisons
Probation
Public health
Public Health Practice
Racism
Social networks
Social policy
Social Science
Systemic racism
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Summary:After decades of punitive social policies driving up incarceration rates, the number of lives affected by the US criminal legal system is unprecedented. In 2016, 6.7 million people were in jail, in prison, or on probation or parole, more than double the number in 1986.1 Mounting evidence suggests that this has dire consequences for population health beyond its immediate impact on incarcerated people. Nearly all incarcerated people are taken from family members and communities, but data collection efforts and theoretical frameworks that appreciate the widespread impact this may have are alarmingly lacking. Public health researchers, practitioners, and activists have a responsibility to examine and communicate the widespread health consequences of mass incarceration for all people and communities, as well as how these effects are inequitably distributed.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305432