An unprecedented number of Americans have been incarcerated in the past generation. In
addition, arrests are concentrated in low-income, predominantly nonwhite communities …

The vast expansion of the US penal system since the 1970s is often characterized in terms
of the nearly fivefold increase in incarceration rates. 1, 2 Before this period of mass …

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 …

Several recent studies have shown that the racial disparities in US mortality nearly
disappear in prisons. We review the social determinants of the recent epidemic of …

Gonorrhea is a set of clinical conditions resulting from infection with the sexually-acquired
bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Acquisition may involve multiple mucosal sites …

Dramatic increases in criminal justice contact in the United States have rendered prison and
jail incarceration common for US men and their loved ones, with possible implications for …

Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is a cost-effective, but underused HIV prevention strategy.
PEP awareness, knowledge, access, and usage was assessed among young men of color …

Abstract Background The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Incarceration can increase HIV risk behaviors for individuals involved with the criminal …

Objectives. We sought to estimate rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among
criminal offenders in the 1 year after arrest or release from incarceration. Methods. We …

Background Housing instability is linked to numerous health outcomes, but the specific
impact of eviction from renter-occupied households, an event that has immediate …