“…The physical health consequences of sleep deprivation (failing to get enough sleep [American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2008]) include type 2 diabetes (Cappuccio, D'Elia, Strazzullo, & Miller, 2010a; Spiegel, Leproult, & Van Cauter, 1999) increased cardiovascular risk (Chien et al, 2010), obesity (Van Cauter, Spiegel, Tasali, & Leproult, 2008), impaired immune functioning (Spiegel, Sheridan, & Van Cauter, 2002), and death (Cappuccio, D'Elia, Strazzullo, & Miller, 2010b). Sleep deprivation is also an antecedent and consequence of poor mental health, including depression (Franzen & Buysse, 2008) and anxiety disorders (Mellman, 2008). For incarcerated women, many of whom enter prison in poor health (Braithwaite, Treadwell, & Arriola, 2005), chronic sleep deprivation might exacerbate existing health issues and contribute to the development of new health concerns.…”