In the United States, an estimated 58,000 pregnant women enter correctional facilities each year, with many presumed innocent while awaiting trial. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has profound implications ...
Jun 11, 2024
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Prisons and jails have hosted some of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in the U.S., with some facilities approaching 4,000 cases. In the U.S., which has some of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in the world, 9 in 100 people ...
Aug 19, 2021
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Some prison systems in the United States have been able to vaccinate high numbers of inmates against COVID-19, and that success could point to ways to convince skeptical people in the general public to get vaccinated.
Jun 2, 2021
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Correctional facilities that resisted mass coronavirus testing for inmates erred in their decision to only test inmates with symptoms, leading to large initial undercounts, a recent study by the Center for Disease Control ...
Aug 21, 2020
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HIV management in developing countries varies with socioeconomic and structural circumstances, with two Flinders University studies finding examples of key ways to close the gap for those worst affected in developing countries.
Jun 1, 2020
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Jails and prisons around the United States are considering freeing some of their inmates for fear that correctional facilities will become epicenters in the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 16, 2020
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A collaboration between researchers from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) has yielded the first detailed survey on the effects of the coronavirus ...
Apr 13, 2020
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People recently released from correctional facilities in Ontario had a risk of dying from a drug overdose 56 times greater than the general population, a new study has found.
Apr 27, 2016
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The vast majority of Canadians in correctional facilities have mental health and substance abuse issues as well as a high rate of suicide attempts and completions compared to the general population, a comprehensive review ...
Mar 14, 2016
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New research by a UT Dallas criminologist has found that a substantial number of prison inmates have not received treatment for mental health conditions.
Feb 23, 2015
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