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Many in U.S. Prisons Lack Good Health Care Report finds high rate of chronic disease that often goes untreated

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

U.S.News & World Report Saturday, January 17, 2009 Many in U.S. Prisons Lack Good Health Care Report finds high rate of chronic disease that often goes untreated By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The 2.3 million Americans currently being held in correctional facilities across the country suffer a much higher rate of serious and chronic illness than the general population does, a new report finds. Related News These individuals -- representing about 1 percent of the total U.S. population -- also have difficulty accessing care both inside and outside the correctional system, according to research published online Jan. 15 and set to appear in the April issue of the American Journal of Public Health. It's the first such study to look at the health of all inmates nationwide at once, the researchers said...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 17, 2009 (boomark / email).