Know the Difference Between Jail and Prison? Both Are Associated With Risk of Death

Am J Public Health. 2024 Sep;114(9):852-855. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307777. Epub 2024 Jul 18.

Authors

Justin Berk¹, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein¹

Affiliation

¹ Justin Berk is an assistant professor at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI. He is the director for the Center for Health and Justice Transformation. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein is an associate professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University, Durham, NC.

PMID: 39024532
PMCID: PMC11306615 (available on 2025-09-01)
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307777

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Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Jails*
Male
Prisoners* / statistics & numerical data
Prisons*
Risk Factors
United States / epidemiology