• How can we protect the health of incarcerated people?

  • Feb 1 2023
  • Length: 22 mins
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How can we protect the health of incarcerated people?

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  • As COVID-19 swept through American prisons and jails in 2020, wardens scrambled to keep prisoners and corrections officers from getting sick. One strategy was to increase solitary confinement. Health experts warn that solitary confinement increases the risk of mental illness and suicide, but the practice continues. Today, about 2 million people are incarcerated in the U.S. In this episode of the Better Off podcast, we'll ask: Is it possible to build a corrections system that accounts for their health and safety? 

    Guests:

    Jasmine D Graves, Ph.D. student, Population Health Sciences program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Monik Jimenez, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Credits:

    Host/producer: Anna Fisher-Pinkert

    The Better Off team: Kristen Dweck, Elizabeth Gunner, Pamela Reynoso, Stephanie Simon, and Ben Wallace

    Audio engineering and sound design: Kevin O'Connell

    Additional research: Kate Becker
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