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 Hernandez

Assistant Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

Ruth Finkelstein

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Health Policy and Management

George Musa

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Epidemiology (in Psychiatry)

Seth Prins

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences

Carole Hutchinson

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Sociomedical Sciences

News & Features

What Do Criminal Justice Risk Assessments Actually Assess?

Exposure to the criminal justice system increases some of the risk factors used to predict recidivism and re-arrest, according to new research out of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. For every arrest or conviction an adolescent experienced, their levels of antisocial atti

Celebrating 50 Years of Sociomedical Sciences

An event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Department of Sociomedical Sciences reflected on the past and looked ahead to the future, demonstrating the unique power of the social sciences to address a broad range of health challenges and advance health equity.[[{"fid":"116446","view_mod

Manhattan District Attorney's Office Awards $10.3 Million Grant to Create Youth Opportunity Hub

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Criminal Justice Investment Initiative has awarded a grant to Alwyn T. Cohall, MD, co-leader of an interdisciplinary team of investigators and community partners, professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Population and Family Health at Columbia University’s Ma

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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.