In this Series paper, we examine how mass incarceration shapes inequality in health. The
USA is the world leader in incarceration, which disproportionately affects black populations …

Purpose: Black women in the United States face poor outcomes across reproductive health
measures—from pregnancy outcomes to gynecologic cancers. Racial health inequities are …

The steep rise in US criminal punishment in recent decades has spurred scholarship on the
collateral consequences of imprisonment for individuals, families, and communities. Several …

This article describes overlapping links among incarceration, poor health, race, and stigma,
and stigma's impact on the health of former prisoners and their families and communities …

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 …

In the past decade, many constituencies have questioned the efficacy, cost, and unintended
consequences of mass incarceration in the United States. Although substantial evidence …

In this article, we explore the experiences of people who carry monetary sanction (or penal)
debt across eight US states. Using 519 interviews with people sentenced to fines and fees …

Background A growing body of evidence is beginning to highlight how mass incarceration
shapes inequalities in population health. Non-Hispanic blacks are disproportionately …

Objective The current study uses insights from the stress process model and role theory to
examine the relationship between familial incarceration, three key social roles—spouse …

This paper compares black-white health disparities among prisoners to disparities in the
noninstitutionalized community to provide a more complete portrait of the nation's heath. We …