Public health implications of substandard correctional health care

Z.G. Restum

American Journal of Public Health, 2005, vol. 95, issue 10, 1689-1691

Abstract: US citizens face a growing threat of contracting communicable diseases owing to the high recidivism rate in state and federal prisons, poor screening and treatment of prisoners, and inferior follow-up health care upon their release. Insufficient education about communicable diseases-for prisoners and citizens alike- and other problems, such as prejudice against prisoners, escalating costs, and an unreliable correctional health care delivery system for inmates, all contribute to a public health problem that requires careful examination and correction for the protection of everyone involved.

Date: 2005
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