The relationship between community public health, behavioral health service accessibility, and mass incarceration

Abstract Background The relationship between healthcare service accessibility in the community and incarceration is an important, yet not widely understood, phenomenon. Community behavioral health and the criminal legal systems are treated separately, which creates a competing demand to confront mas...

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Published in:	BMC Health Services Research
Main Authors:	Niloofar Ramezani, Alex J. Breno, Benjamin J. Mackey, Jill Viglione, Alison Evans Cuellar, Jennifer E. Johnson, Faye S. Taxman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2022-07-01
Subjects:	Jail population Access to care Community service accessibility Behavioral health Mass incarceration Community public health
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08306-6

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