Studies, Articles, and Publications


Commentary & Reports

It's About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release
Vera Institute - April 2010


Helping Inmates Obtain Federal Disability Benefits
National Institute of Justice - 2007

Inmates as Public Health Sentinels

By Robert G. Greifinger,
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy - 2006

The Elements in Inmate Re-entry
By Paul Sheehan, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services - 2008

A Perspective on Corrections Health Care
By Jeffrey Beard,
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy - 2006

Prison Health and the Health of the Public:  Ties that Bind
Natasha H. Williams, Community Voices:  Healthcare for the Underserved - 2007

Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council:  Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the Community
Re-Entry Policy Council - 2005

Public Health Behind Bars
Robert B. Greifinger - 2007

Failing Health:  The Crisis of Health Care for Indigent Offenders and for the Community
Eric J. Miller, Community Voices:  Healthcare for the Underserved - 2007

HIV, Incarceration, and Community:  A Paramount Linkage
Melanie Spector,
Corrections Today - 2007

Developing an Action Agenda for Prisoners Reentering the Community:  Reconnecting to Health Services
Community Voices:  Healthcare for the Underserved and the National Academy for State Health Policy - 2006

Prisoner Reentry:  What are the Public Health Challenges?
Rand Corporation - 2003

Addressing the Specific Health Care Needs of Female Adolescents
Michelle Staples-Horne,
Corrections Today - 2007

Public Health and Corrections:  An Intergovernmental Perspective and the Need for Connectivity
National Academy of Public Administration - 2006

Confronting Confinement
John J. Gibbons and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach, The Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons - 2006

ACA Is Leading the Way in the New Generation of Health Care Standards
James A. Gondles, Jr.,
Corrections Today - 2007

Research & Statistics

Understanding the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry in California
RAND Corporation - 2009

Health Care and Incarceration:  Medicaid Termination and Suspension
Community Voices:  Healthcare for the Underserved - 2007

Health and Prisoner Reentry:  How Physical, Mental, and Substance Abuse Conditions Shape the Process of Reintegration
Kamala Mallik-Kane and Christy A. Visher, Urban Institute - 2008

Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities:  Recommendations from CDC
Centers for Disease Control - 2006

Medical Problems of Prisoners
Laura M. Maruschak, U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics - 2008

HIV in Prisons, 2006
Laura M. Maruschak, U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics -2008