Health
In America's prisons, suicide risk rises along with temperatures
Punishing heat is a fact of life inside America's prisons without air conditioning, and it is taking a serious toll on prisoners' mental health.
Aug 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The tuberculosis health crisis in Latin American jails
High rates of tuberculosis (TB) in Latin American prisons are subverting efforts to control the disease in the wider population, and constitute a "health and human rights crisis," a study warns.
May 5, 2021
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Health
Ending sexual assault in youth detention centers
Rampant violence and civil rights abuses in juvenile prisons are prompting calls to shut them down.
May 8, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
38 positive for coronavirus at Rikers, NYC jails
The board overseeing New York City's jails urged officials to start releasing vulnerable populations and those being held on low-level offenses as the coronavirus outbreak hit the notorious Rikers Island complex and nearby ...
Mar 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virus hotspots emerge in Chinese prisons
More than 500 cases of the new coronavirus have been detected in prisons across China, officials said Friday, fuelling concerns about new clusters of the epidemic.
Feb 21, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Services fail to treat prisoners with schizophrenia – increasing risk of violent reoffending
Maintaining psychiatric treatment both during imprisonment and after release can substantially reduce the risk of violent reoffending. Better screening and treatment of prisoners is therefore essential to prevent violence.
Nov 19, 2013
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Health
Death rates in prisons from smoking-related illnesses are higher than in the general US population
A research team led by Ingrid Binswanger, MD, MPH, associate professor, School of Medicine, recently published findings that death rates in prisons from smoking-related illnesses are higher than in the general U.S. population. ...
Oct 22, 2014
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Surgery
Massachusetts bill would let prisoners donate organs in exchange for shorter sentence
Massachusetts legislators have proposed a bill that would allow prison inmates to donate their organs or bone marrow as a way to trim the length of their sentence.
Feb 9, 2023
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Other
Faulty breast implant company founder faces jail in France
A French appeals court on Monday upheld a four-year prison sentence for the founder of PIP, the manufacturer of defective breast implants that caused a health scare across Europe and South America.
May 2, 2016
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Health
Mass incarceration may worsen gun violence in Black communities, study finds
Firearm-related injury remains a significant burden in the U.S. with more than 45,000 people dying from these injuries in 2020. Suicides continue to account for the majority of all gun deaths. The number of homicides due ...
Jun 5, 2024
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