Handbook on Contemporary Issues in Health, Crime, and Punishment

Nathan W. Link is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, Camden. Link researches and writes about issues and barriers faced by those experiencing incarceration, prison reentry, and other forms of community control. Much of his recent work examines financial sanctions, health, and reintegration dynamics among people leaving custodial sentences. With a focus on policy, much of his current fieldwork is aimed at understanding how systems function and attempting to create more humane and equitable processes and outcomes. Meghan A. Novisky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Cleveland State University. Her research investigates conditions of confinement, health-related impacts of and experiences within carceration, and criminal justice policy and practice. She is a multi-methods scholar with expertise in original data collection and qualitative methodology. Chantal Fahmy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research focuses on reentry and reintegration from prison, health criminology, and the intersection of public health and incarceration. Her work explores linkages between criminal justice system contact and how those interactions affect various facets of health(e.g., social health).

INTRODUCTION

The Intersection of Sentencing and Punishment Decisions and Experiences with Individual, Family, and Community Health

Nathan W. Link, Meghan Novisky, Chantal Fahmy

I. CONTEXTS AND ORGANIZING FRAMEWORKS

1. Health Criminology: Addressing the Culture of Control

Faye Taxman

2. Healthcare Litigation in Corrections: Framing Rights and Pursuing Care

Bryant J. Jackson-Green

3. Health Equity and The Justice System: A Research Agenda

Anthony Petrosino, Angelia Turner, Cosette Lias, Danielle Munguia, and Pamela MacDougall

4. Political And Social Determinants of Punishment and Health in Pretrial Systems

Cynthia Golembeski, Brianna Baker, Homer Venters, and Robert Fullilove

5. Explaining and Reducing the Poor Physical Health of Individuals Who Engage in Criminal Behavior

Guy C. M. Skinner and David Farrington

6. An Environmental Justice Perspective for Exploring Health in Carceral Spaces

Elisa L. Toman, Averi R. Fegadel, and Rachel E. Severson

II. THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE AMONG INCARCERATED PEOPLE

7. Chronic Punishment: An Overview of Health and Access to Healthcare for People in State Prisons

Leah Wang and Emily Widra

8. Mixed Reviews: Perceptions of Prison Health Care Delivery in Western Canadian Prisons

William J. Schultz

9. Public Accessibility of Healthcare Information in Prison: A Review of U.S. State Department of Corrections Websites

Jennifer Tostlebe and Selena Munoz-Jones

III. PRISON CONDITIONS, EXPERIENCES, AND CULTURE

10. A Protective or Risk Factor: How “The Code” in Prison is Associated With Health and Well-Being Outcomes

Meghan M. Mitchell and Rosemary Ricciardelli

11. Mass Incarceration and the Climate Crisis: Past Research and Future Implications of Intersecting Hazards and their Impacts on Health

Kristen N Cowan, Jennifer Lao, Katherine LeMasters, and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

12. Addressing the Traumatic Experiences of Men in Solitary Confinement: Exploring the Use of Emotional Learning to Break the Cycle of Violence

Ann Marie Rocheleau

13. Mental Health Treatment Resentment & Contagious Dehumanization: The Unintended Consequences of Reforming Solitary Confinement for Individuals with Severe Mental Health Disorders

Shannon Magnuson, Angela Hattery, and Emma Porter

14. Hunger, Health, and Harm: Perceptions of Prison Food, Medical Care, and Well-Being

Bryce Kushmerick-McCune, Sydney Ingel, Caitlin Bauer, and Danielle Rudes

15. It’s All in Your Head: Unpacking What’s Known About Head Injuries in Correctional Settings

Chelsey Narvey, Kristina Block, Wanda Leal, and Beatriz Amalfi Wronski

IV. INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND INCARCERATION

16. Confinement in Pandemic Times: Two tales of prisons, epidemics and power from the Global South

Angel Aedo, Catalina Droppelmann, Frédéric Le Marcis, and Daniela Montanari

17. The COVID-19 Pandemic Harms of Imprisonment: An Analysis of Issues Raised by Imprisoned People in Canada

Olivia Gemma, Kevin Walby, and Justin Piché

18. Carceral Expansion at the Nexus of State Violence and Neoliberal Public Health

Katherine Weatherford Darling, Sarah Walton, and Brian Pitman

V. FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, AND HEALTH

19. Dimensions of Health and Well-being Among Partners of Incarcerated Individuals

Katherine A. Durante and Eman Tadros

20. Policy Alternatives to Separating Women in Prison and their Infants

Allison D. Crawford, Alexander Testa, Amanda Corbett, Rosemary Laine, Tara Hutson, Rebecca Shlafer

21. The Incarceration of Pregnant Women in the United States: Understanding Pathways and Lived Experiences

Dragana Derlic, Makiya Owens, Jessica Ogu, and Stuti S. Kokkalera

VI. SALIENT HEALTH ISSUES AMONG VULNERABLE GROUPS

22. Heterogeneity in the Mental Health Consequences of Incarceration across Race: Prior Research and New Directions

Kathleen Powell and Robert Apel

23. Muslim Mental Health in Prison: The Costs and Consequences of Inadequate Services

Amin Asfari and James Gacek

24. Incarceration and Food Insecurity: What We Know and Where Research Needs to Go

Alexander Testa, Katherine Kelton, Jacqueline G. Lee, Hanah Chaudry, Dylan B. Jackson, and Daphne C. Hernandez

25. Veterans Deflection: Not Waiting for Military Veterans to be Arrested or in Crisis Before We Act

Lance Washington, Kreeti Singh, Katie Stewart, Kelly Firesheets, Jac Charlier, Andrea K. Finlay

VII. JUVENILE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

26. Examining the Health of People Sentenced to Juvenile Life Without the Possibility of Parole: Setting a Research Agenda

Dylan B. Jackson, Laura S. Abrams, J.Z. Bennett, Jeffrey T. Ward, Daphne M. Brydon, Leah Ouellet, and Rebecca Turner

27. Harms and Hope: The Risks of Juvenile Justice System Involvement and the Promise of Developmental Assets for Youth of Color

Chelsea McElwee, Tate LeBlanc, and Aerika B. Loyd

28. "That Memory, I Cannot Erase": In the Crossfire of Living in a Mixed-Status Family and having Youth Carceral Involvement

Ana Magaly Ojeda

VIII. AGING BEHIND BARS

29. Ending Life Peacefully and with Dignity: Examination of the U.S. Adult Resident’s Definitions of and Support for Compassionate Release

Jane C. Daquin, Rebecca H. Konkel, and Susannah N. Tapp

30. “Not-So-Golden Years: The Utility and Shortcomings of Assessing Aging Through Functionality Assessments in Correctional Settings”

Chivon Fitch, Brandon C. Dulisse, and Raechel Meyerowich

31. Life Satisfaction and Successful Aging: An Exploration of Well-being Among Recently Released Elders

Angela S. Murolo

IX. GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND HEALTH

32. The Pains of Imprisonment, Gender, and Mental Health: Considering the Links between the Mental Health of Incarcerated Women and the Gendered Pains of Imprisonment

Timothy G. Edgemon & Brittany T. Martin

33. New Prison Masculinities in Carceral Spaces

Dwayne Antojado

34. ‘Sick and Tired’: A Black Feminist Criminological Approach to Gender-Responsive Care for Black Women in Corrections

Brianne M. Posey

35. Transgressions of the U.S. Prison System: The Mistreatment of Incarcerated Transgender Persons

Susana Avalos

X. HEALTH INTERVENTIONS IN PRISON AND DURING REINTEGRATION

36. Cycles of Disadvantage: A Critical Examination of Trauma, Health, and the Community Reentry Experience

Michael R. Menefee, Cherrell Green, Shannon Magnuson, and Tameka Vaught Williams

37. Reimagining Rehabilitation: A Public Health Approach to Transforming Mass Incarceration

Ginny E. Oshiro

38. A New Vision for Punishment and Treatment: Re-Thinking Punishment and Rehabilitation for People Convicted of Sex Offenses

Jason Kahler

39. Exploring Knowledge Gaps in Healthcare Approaches to Violence Intervention

C. Clare Strange and Sheetal Ranjan

XI. CONCLUDING REMARKS

40. Health and Punishment Challenges Worthy of Our Attention

Homer Venters

41. Outro: A Paradigm Shift from Crime, Punishment, & Rehabilitation to Health, Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Hope

Carrie Pettus