Incarceration Prevention

America imprisons more people than any other country by a considerable margin. What social conditions create this situation? How can public health understand and address the health effects of mass incarceration?

Faculty in Incarceration Prevention

Angela Aidala

Associate Research Scientist

Sociomedical Sciences

Alwyn Cohall

Professor

Sociomedical Sciences, Population and Family Health, and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Bruce Armstrong

Special Lecturer

Population and Family Health

Diana Hernández

Associate Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Ruth Finkelstein

George Musa

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)

Seth Prins

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences

Carole Hutchinson

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Hernandez Stroud

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Health Policy and Management

News & Features

Forced to Give Birth Alone: How Prisons and Jails Neglect Pregnant People Who Are Incarcerated

It was 5:00 AM when 26-year-old Diana Sanchez first told a deputy in Denver County Jail that she was going into labor. Instead of getting Diana, who was incarcerated, and her baby immediate medical attention, nurses and deputies at the jail decided to take a “wait and see” approach to their

Schools Often Respond to Student Health Needs with Discipline

Schools with students who have higher levels of substance use and depressed feelings have a higher prevalence of school discipline and school-based police contact, according to a study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers. Schools with students who felt less saf

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Just Published

Armstrong, B.J., Kalmuss, D., Cushman, L.F., Bjarnadottir, R.I., Holstrom, A., Peters, Z.J. Valera, P., & Cohall, A.T. (2016). Academic Health Center–Community Justice Program Partnerships: Linking Men in the Justice System to Health Care. Progress in Community Health Partnerships. View Abstract.

Valera, P., Boyas, J.F., Bernal, C., Briones Chiongbian, V., Chang, Y., & Shelton., R.C. (2016). A Validation of the Group-Based Medical Mistrust Scale in Formerly Incarcerated Black and Latino Men. American Journal of Men’s Health. View abstract.

Wallace, S.A., Strike, K.S., Yonnette Marcia Glasgow, Y.M., Lynch, K. & Fullilove, R.E. (2016). 'Other than That, I’m Good': Formerly Incarcerated Young Black Men’s Self-Perceptions of Health Status. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. View abstract.

Cohall, A.T. (2016). Falling Through the Cracks: Young Adults, Drugs, and Incarceration. American Journal of Public Health. View abstract.