This week, Maddy describes the wild and rugged conditions within American prisons and the poor health outcomes of incarcerated people. Stick around to hear why Maddy is "anti-prison" and what a more fair and just system could look like. 

Sources Referenced:

• US Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data/key-statistics
• Wikipedia Page referenced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate#United_States
• World Prison Brief: https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total
• BMC article: https://ascpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13722-019-0136-6
• Effects on Community: 
• https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124614
• https://muse.jhu.edu/article/508591
• https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2012.301148
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871606000718?via%3Dihub
• https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/recidivism-prisoners-released-34-states-2012-5-year-follow-period-2012-2017
• This list is incomplete. Please email Maddy at [email protected] if you'd like a more specific source of information