Journal Article

Criminal (In)Justice in the City and Its Associated Health Consequences

Fullilove, Robert, Golembeski, Cynthia

2005

Overview

The American system of prisons and prisoners—described by its critics as the prison–industrial complex—has grown rapidly since 1970. Increasingly punitive sentencing guidelines and the privatization of prison-related industries and services account for much of this growth. Those who enter and leave this system are increasingly Black or Latino, poorly educated, lacking vocational skills, struggling with drugs and alcohol, and disabled. Few correctional facilities mitigate the educational and/or skills deficiencies of their inmates, and most inmates will return home to communities that are ill equipped to house or rehabilitate them. A more humanistic and community-centered approach to incarceration and rehabilitation may yield more beneficial results for individuals, communities, and, ultimately, society.

• Publisher: Am Public Health Assoc,American Public Health Association,American Journal of Public Health 2005
• Subject: Academic achievement / Acquired immune deficiency syndrome / African Americans - statistics & numerical data / AIDS / Alcohol related crime / Biological and medical sciences / Communicable Diseases - epidemiology / Community / Correctional institutions / Correctional system / Criminal justice / Criminal Law - organization & administration / Criminal sentences / Deinstitutionalization - statistics & numerical data / Drugs / Educational services / Guidelines as Topic / Health Policy / Health risk assessment / Health Services Needs and Demand / Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data / HIV / Human immunodeficiency virus / Humanism / Humans / Imprisonment / Infectious diseases / Medical sciences / Mental disorders / Miscellaneous / Poverty - statistics & numerical data / Prevalence / Prisoners / Prisoners - statistics & numerical data / Prisons / Prisons - organization & administration / Privatization / Privatization - organization & administration / Public health / Public Health - statistics & numerical data / Public Health Consequences of Imprisonment / Public health. Hygiene / Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine / Punishment / Rehabilitation / Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data / Skills / Social impact / Stereotyping / Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology / United States - epidemiology / Urban Health - statistics & numerical data