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Association of Health Care Journalists Issues Commentary: Individuals, Communities Face Rippling Health Effects of Incarceration
COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 22 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on June 20, 2024: * * * Individuals, Communities Face Rippling Health Effects of Incarceration By Lara Salahi Incarceration impacts not only the health of millions of Americans who pass through U.S. prisons and jails each year, but it also exacerbates health disparities in communities. "Very few people get healthier from interacting with the prison system," Dana Rice, Dr.PH., assistant  more