Jemar R Bather, Anna-Michelle Marie McSorley, Brennan Rhodes-Bratton, Adolfo G Cuevas, Saba Rouhani, Ridwan T Nafiu, Adrian Harris, Melody S Goodman
{"title":"Love after lockup: examining the role of marriage, social status, and financial stress among formerly incarcerated individuals.","authors":"Jemar R Bather, Anna-Michelle Marie McSorley, Brennan Rhodes-Bratton, Adolfo G Cuevas, Saba Rouhani, Ridwan T Nafiu, Adrian Harris, Melody S Goodman","doi":"10.1186/s40352-024-00264-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-024-00264-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Upon reintegration into society, formerly incarcerated individuals (FIIs) experience chronic financial stress due to prolonged unemployment, strained social relationships, and financial obligations. This study examined whether marriage and perceived social status can mitigate financial stress, which is deleterious to the well-being of FIIs. We also assessed whether sociodemographic factors influenced financial stress across marital status. We used cross-sectional data from 588 FIIs, collected in the 2023 Survey of Racism and Public Health. The financial stress outcome (Cronbach's [Formula: see text] = 0.86) comprised of five constructs: psychological distress, financial anxiety, job insecurity, life satisfaction, and financial well-being. Independent variables included marital and social status, age, race/ethnicity, gender identity, educational attainment, employment status, and number of dependents. Multivariable models tested whether financial stress levels differed by marital and perceived social status (individual and interaction effects). Stratified multivariable models assessed whether social status and sociodemographic associations varied by marital status.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that being married/living with a partner (M/LWP, b = -5.2) or having higher social status (b = -2.4) were protective against financial stress. Additionally, the social status effect was more protective among divorced, separated, or widowed participants (b = -2.5) compared to never married (NM, b = -2.2) and M/LWP (b = -1.7) participants. Lower financial stress correlated with Black race and older age, with the age effect being more pronounced among M/LWP participants (b = -9.7) compared to NM participants (b = -7.3). Higher financial stress was associated with woman gender identity (overall sample b = 2.9, NM sample b = 5.1), higher education (M/LWP sample b = 4.4), and having two or more dependents (overall sample b = 2.3, M/LWP sample b = 3.4).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We provide novel insights into the interrelationship between marriage, perceived social status, and financial stress among FIIs. Our findings indicate the need for policies and programs which may target the family unit, and not only the individual, to help alleviate the financial burden of FIIs. Finally, programs that offer legal aid to assist in expungement or sealing of criminal records or those offering opportunities for community volunteer work in exchange for vouchers specific to legal debt among FIIs could serve to reduce financial stress and improve social standing.</p>","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"12 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10893755/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139944487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judgment, shame, and coercion: the criminal legal system and reproductive autonomy.","authors":"Ginny Garcia-Alexander, Melissa Thompson","doi":"10.1186/s40352-024-00259-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-024-00259-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A growing body of research has called attention to limitations to reproductive autonomy in both women who are socially disadvantaged and in those who have had contact with the criminal legal (CL) system. However, it is unclear whether CL system contact influences contraceptive use patterns and how these processes unfold. We utilize a mixed-methods approach to investigate whether history of arrest is associated with receipt of contraceptive counseling, use of long-term contraception, sterilization, and subsequent desire for reversal of sterilization. We further consider how agents in and around the CL system may influence women's reproductive decisions and outcomes (856 survey respondents; 10 interviewees).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We observe that women who have been arrested more commonly report receipt of contraceptive counseling and sterilization. They are also significantly more likely to want their sterilization reversed. Our in-depth interviews suggest that women with CL contact experience considerable shame, and in some cases, coercion to limit fertility from various agents in and outside the criminal legal system including medical providers, Parole/Probation Officers (POs), guards, and family members.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggest the need for ongoing attention to how exposure to this system may promote uneven use of certain forms of contraception and dissatisfaction, i.e., desire for reversal of sterilization, among these women. Findings further suggest that de-emphasizing the CL system as a means through which to address reproductive needs should be considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"12 1","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10870550/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139742205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angelique Boering, Annabeth P Groenman, Levi van Dam, Geertjan Overbeek
{"title":"Effectiveness, working mechanisms, and implementation of youth-initiated mentoring for juvenile delinquents: a multiple-methods study protocol.","authors":"Angelique Boering, Annabeth P Groenman, Levi van Dam, Geertjan Overbeek","doi":"10.1186/s40352-024-00258-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-024-00258-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The societal costs associated with juvenile delinquency and reoffending are high, emphasising the need for effective prevention strategies. A promising approach is Youth-Initiated Mentoring (YIM). In YIM, professionals support youths in selecting a non-parental adult from within their social network as their mentor. However, until now, little (quasi-)experimental research has been conducted on YIM in the field of juvenile delinquency. We will examine the effectiveness, working mechanisms, and implementation of YIM as a selective prevention strategy for juvenile delinquents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This multiple-methods study consists of a quasi-experimental trial and a qualitative study. In the quasi-experimental trial, we aim to include 300 juvenile offenders referred to Halt, a Dutch juvenile justice system organisation which offers youths a diversion program. In the Netherlands, all juvenile offenders between 12 and 18 years old are referred to Halt, where they must complete the Halt intervention. Youths will be non-randomly assigned to region-matched non-YIM-trained and YIM-trained Halt professionals implementing Care as Usual (CAU, i.e., the Halt intervention) or CAU plus YIM, respectively. Despite non-random allocation, this approach may yield comparable conditions regarding (1) the characteristics of professionals delivering the intervention and (2) case type and severity. Youth and caregiver(s) self-report data will be collected at pre-and post-test and a 6-month follow-up and complemented with official Halt records data. Multilevel analyses will test whether youths following CAU plus YIM show a stronger increase in resilience factors and a stronger decline in the need for formal support and delinquency than youths following CAU. In the qualitative study, we will organise focus group interviews with YIM-trained professionals to explore boosters and barriers experienced by professionals during the implementation of YIM.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The proposed study will help identify the effectiveness of YIM in strengthening resilience factors and possibly decreasing juvenile delinquency. In addition, it may offer insights into how and for whom YIM works. Finally, this study can help strengthen the implementation of YIM in the future.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.Gov (# NCT05555472). Registered 7 September 2022. https://www.</p><p><strong>Clinicaltrials: </strong>gov/ct2/show/NCT05555472?cond=Youth+Initiated+Mentoring&draw=2&rank=1 .</p>","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"12 1","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10868063/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139736356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olivia K Golan, Fatema Z Ahmed, Barbara Andraka-Christou, Rachel Totaram, Yara Asi, Danielle Atkins
{"title":"Impact of COVID-19 on Florida family dependency drug courts.","authors":"Olivia K Golan, Fatema Z Ahmed, Barbara Andraka-Christou, Rachel Totaram, Yara Asi, Danielle Atkins","doi":"10.1186/s40352-024-00260-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-024-00260-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To promote parent-child reunification, family dependency drug courts (FDDCs) facilitate substance use disorder treatment for people whose children have been removed due to parental substance use. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted FDDC operations, forcing FDDCs to quickly adapt to new circumstances. Although existing research has examined COVID-19 impacts on adult drug courts and civil dependency courts, studies have yet to examine the impact of COVID-19 on FDDCs specifically.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To explore the impact of COVID-19 on FDDCs, we conducted 20 focus groups and 5 individual interviews with court team members from five Florida FDDCs between 2020 and 2022. Data were analyzed using iterative categorization.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five overarching themes emerged. First, FDDCs adopted virtual technology during the pandemic and more flexible drug screening policies. Second, virtual technology was perceived as improving hearing attendance but decreasing client engagement. FDDC team members discussed a potential hybrid in-person/virtual hearing model after the pandemic. Third, COVID-19 negatively impacted parent-child visitation opportunities, limiting development of bonds between parents and children, and parent-child bonding is a key consideration during judicial reunification decisions. Fourth, COVID-19 negatively impacted the mental health of court team members and clients. Court team members adopted new informal roles, such as providing technical support and emotional counseling to clients, in addition to regular responsibilities, resulting in feeling overwhelmed and overworked. Court team members described clients as feeling more depressed and anxious, in part due to limited visitation opportunities with children, which decreased clients' motivation for substance use recovery. Fifth, COVID-19 decreased recruitment of potential clients into FDDCs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>If FDDCs continue to rely on virtual hearings beyond the pandemic, they must develop practices for improving client engagement during virtual hearings. FDDCs should preemptively develop procedures for improving parent-child visitation during future public health crises, because limited visitation opportunities could weaken parent-child bonding and, ultimately, the likelihood of reunification.</p>","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"12 1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10851608/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139703626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"When people who use drugs can't differentiate between medical care and cops, it's a problem.\" Compounding risks of law Enforcement Harassment & Punitive Healthcare Policies.","authors":"Bayla Ostrach, Vanessa Hixon, Ainsley Bryce","doi":"10.1186/s40352-023-00256-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-023-00256-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Community-based harm reduction programming is widely recognized as an effective strategy for reducing the increased risks for and spread of HIV, HCV, and for reducing the growing rate of overdose deaths among people who use drugs (PWUD). PWUD in the United States (US) are a highly justice-involved population, also at increased risk for law enforcement interaction, arrest, and incarceration. These risks compound and interact in the context of criminalization and law enforcement surveillance. Justice involvement increases risks for overdose and for riskier injecting behavior among PWUD, in turn increasing HCV and HIV risks. In Central and Southern Appalachia specifically, PWUD have identified fear of law enforcement harassment and arrest as a barrier to engaging in harm reduction behavior, and a deterrent to seeking help at the scene of an overdose. Moreover, stigmatizing and punitive treatment in healthcare settings can deter PWUD from seeking care, with life or death consequences. This evaluation research study assessing the successes and impacts of a grant-funded project to increase access to safer drug consumption supplies and overdose prevention education for PWUD, including justice-involved participants of a syringe access program (SAP), in public housing and beyond in a South-Central Appalachian setting used key informant and opportunistic sampling. Mixed-methods data were compiled and collected including secondary program data; primary interview and participant-observation data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The evaluation research identified that grant deliverables were largely achieved, despite challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, SAP participants and staff reported larger themes surrounding grant-funded activities, in which they perceived that widespread local law enforcement harassment of PWUD increased participants' risks for overdose death and infectious disease risks and that punitive local healthcare settings and policies acted as deterrents to care-seeking for many PWUD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Overall, the evaluation research found that participants' experiences with and perceptions of local law enforcement harassment combined with their understandings and experiences of local punitive healthcare settings and policies; together compounding and increasing overdose risks and negative health consequences for local justice-involved PWUD.</p>","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"12 1","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10848405/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139693118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha Treacy, Steven Martin, Nelum Samarutilake, Veronica Phillips, Ben R Underwood, Tine Van Bortel
{"title":"Dementia care pathways in prisons - a comprehensive scoping review.","authors":"Samantha Treacy, Steven Martin, Nelum Samarutilake, Veronica Phillips, Ben R Underwood, Tine Van Bortel","doi":"10.1186/s40352-023-00252-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00252-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The number of older people in prison is growing. As a result, there will also be more prisoners suffering from dementia. The support and management of this population is likely to present multiple challenges to the prison system.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To examine the published literature on the care and supervision of people living in prison with dementia and on transitioning into the community; to identify good practice and recommendations that might inform the development of prison dementia care pathways.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A scoping review methodology was adopted with reporting guided by the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews checklist and explanation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-seven papers were included. Most of these were from high income countries, with the majority from the United Kingdom (n = 34), followed by the United States (n = 15), and Australia (n = 12). One further paper was from India.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The literature indicated that there were difficulties across the prison system for people with dementia along the pathway from reception to release and resettlement. These touched upon all aspects of prison life and its environment, including health and social care. A lack of resources and national and regional policies were identified as important barriers, although a number of solutions were also identified in the literature, including the development of locally tailored policies and increased collaboration with the voluntary sector.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To our knowledge, this is the most comprehensive and inclusive review of the literature on dementia care pathways in prison to date. It has identified a number of important areas of concern and opportunities for future research across the prison system, and its operations. This will hopefully lead to the identification or adaptation of interventions to be implemented and evaluated, and facilitate the development of dementia care pathways in prisons.</p>","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"12 1","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10799435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139513600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Onur Baser, Katarzyna Rodchenko, Yixuan Zeng, Amy Endrizal
{"title":"Mental health disparities in young adults with arrest history: a survey-based, cross-sectional analysis.","authors":"Onur Baser, Katarzyna Rodchenko, Yixuan Zeng, Amy Endrizal","doi":"10.1186/s40352-023-00257-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-023-00257-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Over 4.53 million arrests were made in 2021 in the United States. People under 26 years of age were more likely to be arrested than older people. Although mental health disparities are prominent in the incarcerated population, the subject has not been closely examined among young adults specifically.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study examines how criminal justice involvement, specifically arrests, affects the mental health of adults between 18 and 25 years of age.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed secondary data using the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The study used a subsample of 13,494 people aged 18 to 25 years, including 7,330 women and 6,164 men. History of arrest was the key independent variable. Depression, serious mental illness (SMI), substance use, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt were the outcome variables. We performed five multivariate logistic regression models for each outcome variable, controlling for race/ethnicity, income, and education level for men and women separately.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 13,494 respondents, 6.63% had a history of arrest. Among young women, a history of arrest was associated with significantly higher adjusted odds ratios for all mental health concerns. Most notably, a history of arrest increased the likelihood of substance use by a factor of 15.19, suicide attempts by 2.27, SMI by 1.79, suicidal ideation by 1.75, and depression by 1.52. Among young men, a history of arrest was associated with increased adjusted odds ratios (AORs) for substance use (AOR, 13.37; p < .001), suicidal ideation (AOR, 1.45; p = .011), and suicide attempt (AOR, 1.82; p = .044).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found a strong relationship between young people having an arrest history and mental health concerns. More specifically, a history of arrest was associated with all mental health concerns among young women, while it was associated with only substance use and suicide among young men. Providing arrestees with appropriate mental health care would benefit them and the criminal justice system by decreasing the odds of recidivism.</p>","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"12 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10759331/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139075328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sandra Verhülsdonk, Claire Bohn, Nora Neyer, Tillmann Supprian, Julia Christl, Elke Kalbe, Ann-Kristin Folkerts
{"title":"Correction: Training cognition in older male prisoners: lessons learned from a feasibility study.","authors":"Sandra Verhülsdonk, Claire Bohn, Nora Neyer, Tillmann Supprian, Julia Christl, Elke Kalbe, Ann-Kristin Folkerts","doi":"10.1186/s40352-023-00254-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-023-00254-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"11 1","pages":"53"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10757354/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139075327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alex Stevens, Nadine Hendrie, Matthew Bacon, Steve Parrott, Mark Monaghan, Emma Williams, Dan Lewer, Amber Moore, Jenni Berlin, Jack Cunliffe, Paul Quinton
{"title":"Correction: Evaluating police drug diversion in England: protocol for a realist evaluation.","authors":"Alex Stevens, Nadine Hendrie, Matthew Bacon, Steve Parrott, Mark Monaghan, Emma Williams, Dan Lewer, Amber Moore, Jenni Berlin, Jack Cunliffe, Paul Quinton","doi":"10.1186/s40352-023-00255-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-023-00255-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"11 1","pages":"52"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10729508/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138811536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meghan A Novisky, Jennifer Tostlebe, David Pyrooz, Jose Antonio Sanchez
{"title":"\"The COVID-19 pandemic and operational challenges, impacts, and lessons learned: a multi-methods study of U.S. prison systems\".","authors":"Meghan A Novisky, Jennifer Tostlebe, David Pyrooz, Jose Antonio Sanchez","doi":"10.1186/s40352-023-00253-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40352-023-00253-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The purpose of this study was to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic changed U.S. prison operations and influenced the daily work of prison staff.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In collaboration with the National Institute of Corrections, we administered a survey to 31 state correctional agencies in April 2021 and conducted five focus groups with 62 correctional staff.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using a framework of bounded rationality, we find that daily operations were strained, particularly in the areas of staffing, implementing public health policy efforts, and sustaining correctional programming. While prison systems and staff were under-prepared to respond to the pandemic, they attempted to address complex problems with the limited resources they had.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results underscore a need in corrections for prioritizing further developments and reviews of collaborative policies and practices for managing crisis situations. Seeking avenues for leveraging technological innovations to improve operations and facilitate enhanced communication are especially warranted. Finally, meaningful reductions in the prison population, changes in physical infrastructure, and expansions of hiring and retention initiatives are critical for positioning prisons to manage future emergencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":37843,"journal":{"name":"Health and Justice","volume":"11 1","pages":"51"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10696818/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}