Published in The Lancet Public Health · View the paper (DOI)
A new study by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found a strong association between jail incarceration and death rates from various causes in the US. The research estimated that every 1,000 population increase in local jail incarceration rate was associated with significant increases in mortality rates from infectio...
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- Incarceration is strongly linked with premature death in US Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health · Feb 23, 2021 · first to report
- The Lancet Public Health: Jail incarceration strongly linked with several causes of premature death in US counties The Lancet · Feb 23, 2021