Incarceration and Health

Massoglia, Michael; Pridemore, William Alex

doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-073014-112326

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“…We do not include state-specific analyses, and we base all analyses on the total number of deaths in the entire period. Although our results provide descriptive insight into the imprisonment–mortality association, they should not be interpreted causally, as research provides reasons both to expect our analyses to underestimate (Massoglia & Pridemore, 2015) or overestimate (Bacak & Wildeman, 2015) the protective effect of imprisonment.…”

Section: Data and Analytic Strategymentioning

confidence: 72%

Mortality among white, black, and Hispanic male and female state prisoners, 2001–2009

Wildeman

Carson

Golinelli

et al. 2016

SSM - Population Health

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Although much research considers the relationship between imprisonment and mortality, little existing research has tested whether the short-term mortality advantage enjoyed by prisoners extends to Hispanics. We compared the mortality rates of non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic male and female state prisoners to mortality rates in the general population using data from the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, the National Prisoner Statistics, the National Corrections Reporting Program, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The results indicate that the mortality advantage for prisoners was greatest for black males, followed by black females, Hispanic males, white females, and white males. Hispanic female prisoners were the only group not at a mortality advantage relative to the general population, with an SMR of 1.18 [95% CI: 0.93–1.43]. Taken together, the results suggest that future research should seek to better understand the curious imprisonment–mortality relationship among Hispanic females, although given the small number of inmate deaths that happen to this group (~0.6%), this research should not detract from broader research on imprisonment and mortality.

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Section: Data and Analytic Strategymentioning

confidence: 72%

Mortality among white, black, and Hispanic male and female state prisoners, 2001–2009

Wildeman

Carson

Golinelli

et al. 2016

SSM - Population Health

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“…Even if imprisonment had no immediate psychological impact on prisoners' well-being, however, it would still affect their quality of life after prison. This is because having a prison record can impede former prisoners' employment prospects (Pager 2003), diminish their civic engagement (Lerman and Weaver 2014;Uggen and Manza 2006), and compromise their access to health care (Brayne 2014;Massoglia and Pridemore 2015;Wildeman and Muller 2012). Former prisoners also face legal barriers to retaining parental rights and receiving welfare, public housing, and financial aid (Travis 2002).…”

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Geographic Variation in the Cumulative Risk of Imprisonment and Parental Imprisonment in the United States

Muller

Wildeman

2016

Demography

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This article reports estimates of the cumulative risk of imprisonment and parental imprisonment for demographic groups in four regions and four states. Regional and state-level cumulative risks were markedly higher for African Americans and Latinos than for whites. African Americans faced the highest cumulative risks of imprisonment in the Midwest, Northeast, and two southern states. Latinos were most likely to serve time in state prison in the West, where their cumulative risk was comparable to that of African Americans. Latino children had a relatively high risk of having a parent imprisoned in the Northeast as well. Racial disparities in the cumulative risk of imprisonment and parental imprisonment did not increase linearly with increases in the cumulative risk for all groups.

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“…Still others analyze how mass incarceration affects family and community members of the justice-involved (Comfort 2007;Clear 2007;Lee et al 2014Lee et al , 2015Sykes & Pettit 2014;Wakefield & Wildeman 2013;Wakefield et al 2016;Wildeman & Western 2010). And a substantial body of research shows that penal expansion has had farreaching demographic, political, health, and sociological effects that tend to enhance, and mask, racial and socioeconomic inequalities (Beckett & Western 1999;DeFina & Hannon 2013;Harris et al 2010;Lee et al 2014;Massoglia & Pridemore 2015;Pettit 2012;Pettit & Western 2004;Travis et al 2014;Uggen et al 2016;Wakefield et al 2016;Western 2006Western , 2012.…”

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The Politics, Promise, and Peril of Criminal Justice Reform in the Context of Mass Incarceration

Beckett

2018

Annu. Rev. Criminol.

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Mass incarceration is an unprecedented development, one with myriad adverse consequences. Although the expansion of US penal institutions is largely a function of changes in practice and policy rather than rising crime rates, reversing this trend will nonetheless be challenging. The need for comprehensive sentencing reform is clear, but political limits on legislative remedies and the failure of the courts to notably reduce the scale, or improve conditions, of confinement render these approaches highly uncertain. In the short term, unconventional methods that do not require legislative authorization, such as electing, pressuring, and incentivizing prosecutors to reduce penal severity, may be a promising way of addressing mass incarceration. The return and revitalization of parole or other systems of post-sentence review are also crucial and may be legitimated in terms of the need to incentivize rehabilitation and prevent the unnecessary and costly incarceration of the elderly. The recent mobilization of grass-roots movements for penal change that include those directly affected by both violence and mass incarceration is also auspicious, as their work may help to humanize the justice-involved and undermine the erroneous assumption that crime survivors are well-served by mass incarceration. 235

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Incarceration and Health

Cited by 351 publications

References 111 publications

Mortality among white, black, and Hispanic male and female state prisoners, 2001–2009

Mortality among white, black, and Hispanic male and female state prisoners, 2001–2009

Geographic Variation in the Cumulative Risk of Imprisonment and Parental Imprisonment in the United States

The Politics, Promise, and Peril of Criminal Justice Reform in the Context of Mass Incarceration

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