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Health and Justice (2022) A consequence of mass incarceration: county-level association between jail incarceration rates and poor mental health days Researchers examining the link between county-level incarceration rates and the mental health of communities found that “for every 1% increase in the rate of mass incarceration, there was a statistically significant 15% increase in the…
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Analysis: The impact of medicaid expansion suggests that keeping people healthy also keeps them from reach of the criminal legal system.
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Scholarship: Sending mental health professionals, instead of police, in response to mental health crisis calls is linked to a decrease in crime
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From The Grio The president’s executive order sets new standards of conduct for the 100,000 federal law enforcement officers, including banning the use of chokeholds unless deadly force is authorized, restricting the use of no-knock entries, and requiring federal officers to use body cameras to record arrests and searches.