Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Canada, Kelli E

Titel

Behavioral Health Services Following Release From Jail: A Widening Racial Disparity Gap

Ist Teil von

• American journal of public health (1971), 2021-02, Vol.111 (2), p.178-179

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Public Health Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Despite growing public awareness and bipartisan political support for policy change, the United States continues to incarcerate more people than any other country. Incarceration, whether short or long term, can have devastating health, mental health, social, and financial consequences for individuals, families, and entire communities. In 2018, 10.7 million people entered jail.1 Although this was a roughly 11% decline compared with the previous 10-year trend, we continue to house an average of nearly 740 000 people in jails every day. Black and Native people continue to be grossly overrepresented in jails at 592 and 401, respectively, per 100000 people compared with White people, who are incarcerated at a rate of 187 per 100 000.1