Hospitals Bear the Costs of Detention and Incarceration
While individuals with recent criminal justice involvement represent only 4.2% of the population, they make up 8.5% of emergency department expenditures.
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Read more: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Efforts to Release People in Custody The COVID-19 Pandemic and Efforts to Release People in Custody
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on prisons and jails, where proper social distancing is nearly impossible to maintain.
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Read more: Reflecting on Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons Reflecting on Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons
By Gali Katznelson Is it justifiable to chain women as they give birth? How about confining people in a way that is proven to be psychologically devastating and torturous? These are just two of the questions raised last week during the conference, Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons, a conference sponsored by…
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Read more: Women, Girls, and Mass Incarceration: A Hidden Problem Women, Girls, and Mass Incarceration: A Hidden Problem
Ultimately, we must all recognize responsibility to overhaul our criminal justice system and the policies that drive it. The Drug War is a failed effort and the collateral consequences reach a level of absurdity, including children being raised in foster care and exiting that system into homelessness, poverty, and incarceration. It’s time to end the…