There has been growing interest in improving the health of Black men and the social
determinants of health affecting them. In this paper, we argue that incarceration is an …

We explore race differences in how individuals experience mass incarceration, as well as in
mass incarceration's impacts on measures of well-being that are recognized as major social …

With 2.1 million Americans behind bars, the United States incarcerates more people per
capita than any other country in the world. This article examines the ways mass …

While a great deal of research captures the lived experiences of Black men as they navigate
through the criminal legal system and onto reentry, very little research is grounded in how …

This article reviews evidence linking incarceration and health, with a particular focus on
African Americans, who are disproportionately affected by the incarceration system …

This article addresses two basic questions. First, it examines whether incarceration has a
lasting impact on health functioning. Second, because blacks are more likely than whites to …

Several recent studies have shown that the racial disparities in US mortality nearly
disappear in prisons. We review the social determinants of the recent epidemic of …

Significant racial disparities in health outcomes have been consistently documented in the
United States. Life-course and population-health models are often used to explain these …

Mass incarceration in the United States is a civil rights, human rights, and public health crisis
that is the result of social, political, and economic forces, rooted in enduring legacies of …

This supplement issue represents AJPH's most recent enterprise into the topic of
incarceration and health but not its first. The October 2005 issue ofAJPH3 that focused on …