Improving Collection of Indicators of Criminal Justice System Involvement in Population Health Data Programs Proceedings of a Workshop (2017) / Chapter Skim
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. Although people who are involved with the criminal justice system have gradually gained recognition as being vulnerable to poor health outcomes, including high rates of infectious diseases, behavioral health conditions, and substance abuse comorbidities, the public health implications span far beyond the physical well-being of each individual.
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The workshop was structured to bring together a range of experts -- on incarcerated populations, on indicators of criminal justice involvement, on methods for social measurement, and on the consequences of criminal justice experience on health and lifecourse events -- to facilitate discussion of measures and mechanisms most promising for expanding OMH's data collections in this field. WORKSHOP CHARGE AND ORGANIZATION The charge to the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT)
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, such as the National Health Interview Survey, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and others. Justice-involved populations have gradually gained recognition as vulnerable to poor health outcomes, including high rates of infectious diseases and behavioral health conditions.
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Drawing on her experience conducting pediatric work in a juvenile detention center, Gracia explained that physical and mental health needs of people who reenter s ociety after incarceration are significant, and data can play a role in assessing such needs. She noted that the Department of Justice designated the week of April 24, 2016, as National Reentry Week to emphasize the importance of effective reentry strategies for these people, as well as the need to ensure they are given a meaningful second chance in the community.
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saying that more black men are currently behind bars or under the watch of the criminal justice system than were enslaved in 1850. Martin believes that jails and prisons2 have become repositories for people who cannot access health care services in the community -- a situation that has essentially criminalized poverty, mental health problems, and substance abuse and addiction.
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At the Rikers Island correctional facility, he encountered antiquated, egregiously overcrowded facilities with poor climate control in extreme temperatures, bad plumbing, leaky roofs, limited resources (inmates sharing razor blades, etc.) , and lack of safe recreational space (and therefore little to no recreational time)
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He then went on to work for a long-standing reentry organization that serves thousands of formerly incarcerated people each year. Martin highlighted the irony that men and women often wind up in the criminal justice system because of poor community health care and resources, only to receive poor health care in that system and then return to the same ill-resourced communities.
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