Public Health

The millions of people who cycle through the nation’s criminal justice system every year have higher rates of chronic health problems, substance use, and serious mental illness than the general population. But instead of providing treatment, the country’s overly punitive system often exacerbates these problems.^[]Ram Subramanian, Ruth Delaney, Stephen Roberts, et al., Incarceration’s Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America (New York: Vera Institute of Justice, 2015).