Is Prison Why I’m sick? Examining Health Conditions Among Minority Males Within Correctional Facilities

Given the current United States prison population of 1.5 million persons, many states have begun to examine how to effectively reduce correctional expenditures, considering in 2011 healthcare related prison costs increased to approximately eight billion (The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2014). Recent rese...

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Main Author: Hughes, Mary Hannah
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2017
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3243
https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4653&context=etd