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Incarceration Is a Health Threat. Why Isn’t It Monitored Like One?

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Data Collection and Reporting

This blog discusses incarceration as a structural determinant of individual health that also worsens population health and the need to understand the reach of mass incarceration through better measurement. The authors provide recommendations as how to improve data reporting on carceral populations.

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Outcomes of Interest

Reduction of Health Disparities

Priority Population(s)

People Who Are Incarcerated

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Geographic Area of Implementation

Implementation Period

2021