Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed
U.S. incarcerated populations have long dealt with chronic sleep deprivation, often with little to no reprieve.

U.S. incarcerated populations have long dealt with chronic sleep deprivation, often with little to no reprieve.

This policy doesn’t seem to encourage frequent and convenient testing now, which is particularly important as we face the current delta surge.

Collectively with these contributors, we aim to define the contours of the health justice movement and debates within it.

The legal profession has not only the ability, but also the responsibility, to address longstanding systemic harms.

Distributing vaccines equitably at the level of geographical units such as districts or nation-states may obfuscate injustices.

Placing community first and allowing them to drive solutions-based strategies is imperative to the health justice movement.

During the pandemic, community-based organizations filled many gaps by delivering services that local governments could not provide.

It’s time to re-envision and invest in a new public health infrastructure, one that is equipped and authorized to respond to the global crises we’re facing.

I grew up in the South Bronx, insulated from the absence of health justice until the fourth grade, when I began attending private school.

The health justice framework, with its emphasis on systems-level transformation, must guide work in the area of LGBTQ health equity.
