Health and Incarceration
Title | Health and Incarceration PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 67 |
Release | 2013-08-08 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0309287715 |
Over the past four decades, the rate of incarceration in the United States has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights, both historically and in comparison to that of other developed nations. At far higher rates than the general population, those in or entering U.S. jails and prisons are prone to many health problems. This is a problem not just for them, but also for the communities from which they come and to which, in nearly all cases, they will return. Health and Incarceration is the summary of a workshop jointly sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences(NAS) Committee on Law and Justice and the Institute of Medicine(IOM) Board on Health and Select Populations in December 2012. Academics, practitioners, state officials, and nongovernmental organization representatives from the fields of healthcare, prisoner advocacy, and corrections reviewed what is known about these health issues and what appear to be the best opportunities to improve healthcare for those who are now or will be incarcerated. The workshop was designed as a roundtable with brief presentations from 16 experts and time for group discussion. Health and Incarceration reviews what is known about the health of incarcerated individuals, the healthcare they receive, and effects of incarceration on public health. This report identifies opportunities to improve healthcare for these populations and provides a platform for visions of how the world of incarceration health can be a better place.
Topical Bibliography
Title | Topical Bibliography PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Prisons |
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Tackling Prison Overcrowding
Title | Tackling Prison Overcrowding PDF eBook |
Author | Hough, Mike |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2008-10-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781847421104 |
"Tackling Prison Overcrowding is a response to controversial proposals and sentencing set out in by Lord Patrick Carter's review of prisons, published in 2007." "This book comprises nine chapters by leading academic experts, who expose the proposals of the Carter Review to critical scrutiny. They take the Carter Report to task for construing the problems too narrowly, in terms of efficiency and economy, and for failing to understand the wider issues of justice that need addressing. They argue that the crisis of prison overcrowding is first and foremost a political problem - arising from penal populism - for which political solutions need to be found."--BOOK JACKET.
Overcrowding in Correctional Institutions
Title | Overcrowding in Correctional Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyn Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Prisons |
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Prison Overcrowding and Alternative Sentencing
Title | Prison Overcrowding and Alternative Sentencing PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Community-based corrections |
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Report of the Committee on Prison Overcrowding to the Maryland Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Title | Report of the Committee on Prison Overcrowding to the Maryland Criminal Justice Coordinating Council PDF eBook |
Author | Maryland Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. Committee on Prison Overcrowding |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Corrections |
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Report of the Governor's Commission to Avoid Future Prison Overcrowding and Terminate Federal Court Supervision Over the Adult Correctional Institutions
Title | Report of the Governor's Commission to Avoid Future Prison Overcrowding and Terminate Federal Court Supervision Over the Adult Correctional Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | Rhode Island. Governor's Commission to Avoid Future Prison Overcrowding and Terminate Federal Court Supervision Over the Adult Correctional Institutions |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Correctional institutions |
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