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Editorial
. 2014 Mar;104(3):389-91.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301741. Epub 2014 Jan 16.

Addressing mass incarceration: a clarion call for public health

David H Cloud  1 , Jim Parsons, Ayesha Delany-Brumsey
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Editorial

Addressing mass incarceration: a clarion call for public health

David H Cloud et al. Am J Public Health. 2014 Mar.
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During a visit to San Quentin State Prison in California, Sunshine, aged 7 years, makes a Father's Day card for her father Kinney who said he was serving a life sentence for murder. An annual Father's Day event, Get On The Bus, brings children in California to visit their fathers in prison (see http://www.getonthebus.us/index.php). Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held more than 100 miles from their children. Regular prison visits lower rates of recidivism for the parent and make the child better emotionally adjusted and less likely to become delinquent, according to The Center for Restorative Justice Works, the non-profit organization that runs the program. Photograph by Lucy Nicholson. Printed with permission of Creative Professionals.
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