Background People who experience incarceration are characterised by poor health profiles.
Clarification of the disease burden in the prison population can inform service and policy …

The world prison population is growing at a rate that exceeds the rate of population growth.
This issue of Epidemiologic Reviews comprises articles in which researchers summarize …

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of incarceration in the
United States more than quadrupled in the past four decades. The Committee on the …

Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on prisoners. The prison
environment and prisoner health put prison populations at a higher risk of contracting …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major contributor to the growing public health epidemic
in chronic diseases. Much of the disease and disability burden from CVDs are in people …

The large and growing population of people who experience incarceration makes prison
health an essential component of public health and a critical setting for reducing health …

Although prison can present a critical opportunity to engage with offenders through
interventions and programming, reoffending rates among those released from prison remain …

Introduction There are more than 10 million people imprisoned worldwide. These individuals
experience a higher burden of communicable and non-communicable disease, mental …

The global prison population exceeds 10 million and continues to grow; more than 30
million people are released from custody annually. These individuals are disproportionately …

In the past decade, many constituencies have questioned the efficacy, cost, and unintended
consequences of mass incarceration in the United States. Although substantial evidence …