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Women’s health must be a criminal justice concern
UMass Chan Affiliations
Commonwealth Medicine, Health and Criminal Justice ProgramDocument Type
Blog PostPublication Date
2018-05-23Keywords
womenincarceration
inmates
women's health
Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Health Economics
Health Law and Policy
Health PolicyHealth Services AdministrationHealth Services ResearchMaternal and Child HealthWomen's Health
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One of the most compelling arguments for improvements to healthcare for individuals who are incarcerated is the fact that “[a]t least 95% of all state prisoners will be released…”1 Further, pursuant to a 2014 study by the Sentencing Project, more than 215,332 women and girls are now incarcerated in the U.S.2 This figure represents both a record percentage of the total prison population in the U.S. and an eight-fold rise in the incarceration of females since 1980.3 Critically, more than two thirds of these women are mothers and 60% of these women have a minor child.4 Based on these figures, it is clear that women’s health is not only a community health concern, but a criminal justice concern.DOI
10.13028/hq27-4p56Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26966Notes
Blog post to Commonwealth Medicine's website - View blog post online
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