Episode 5: Is Bad Care Better than No Care?

Carceral institutions fall short even on the most basic preventative care for incarcerated women. Yet many inmates don't have access to any healthcare on the outside. How are we to reckon with the duality of jail/prison as a place of both medical harm and a public health resource?

SOURCES:

1. https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/incarceration.html

2. https://womenprisoners.org/sherrie-chapman-presente/

3. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6403a1.htm

4. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-jails-women/

5. Testing for HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and viral hepatitis in jails: Still a missed opportunity for public health and HIV prevention (2010) Flanigan, T. P., Zaller, N., Beckwith, C. G., et al.

6. Redistributing the Poor: Jails, Hospitals, and the Crisis of Law and Fiscal Austerity by Armando Lara-Millán

7. Resistance Behind Bars, 2nd Edition, by Victoria Law

8. “HIV in prisons, 2021: Statistical tables” (2023) from DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics by Maruschak, L. M.

9. “Survey of prison inmates, 2016: Medical problems reported by prisoners” (2021) from DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics by Maruschak, L. M., Bronson, J., & Alper, M.

10. https://www.ncchc.org/position-statements/administrative-management-for-people-living-with-hiv-in-correctional-institutions-2020/

11. https://www.ncchc.org/position-statements/sti-testing-for-adolescents-and-adults-upon-admission-to-correctional-facilities-2020/

12. https://www.ncchc.org/position-statements/womens-health-care-in-correctional-settings-2020/

13. http://womenprisoners.org/350000-award-to-sherrie-chapman/

14. Jailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women Behind Bars by Carolyn Sufrin

15. HIV among persons incarcerated in the U.S.: A review of evolving concepts in testing, treatment, and linkage tocommunity care (2013) Westergaard, R. P., Spaulding, A. C., & Flanigan, T.P.