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18687613

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-8
pubmed:abstractText
Each year, more than 10 million people enter US jails, most returning home within a few weeks. Because jails concentrate people with infectious and chronic diseases, substance abuse, and mental health problems, and reentry policies often exacerbate these problems, the experiences of people leaving jail may contribute to health inequities in the low-income communities to which they return. Our study of the experiences in the year after release of 491 adolescent males and 476 adult women returning home from New York City jails shows that both populations have low employment rates and incomes and high rearrest rates. Few received services in jail. However, overall drug use and illegal activity declined significantly in the year after release. Postrelease employment and health insurance were associated with lower rearrest rates and drug use. Public policies on employment, drug treatment, housing, and health care often blocked successful reentry into society from jail, suggesting the need for new policies that support successful reentry into society.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1541-0048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S191-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-2
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Coming home from jail: the social and health consequences of community reentry for women, male adolescents, and their families and communities.
pubmed:affiliation
Program in Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY 10010, USA. nfreuden@hunter.cuny.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article