What are the greatest health challenges facing people who are incarcerated? We need to ask them

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¹ Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; The Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals, Providence, RI, USA; The Center for Health and Justice Transformation, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: jrich@lifespan.org.
³ Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

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Justin Berk et al. Lancet Public Health. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;6(10):e703-e704.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00074-8. Epub 2021 Jun 9.

¹ Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; The Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals, Providence, RI, USA; The Center for Health and Justice Transformation, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: jrich@lifespan.org.
³ Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

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Identifying research priorities to improve the health of incarcerated populations: results of citizens' juries in Australian prisons.
Simpson PL, Guthrie J, Jones J, Butler T. Simpson PL, et al. Lancet Public Health. 2021 Oct;6(10):e771-e779. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00050-5. Epub 2021 Jun 9. Lancet Public Health. 2021. PMID: 34115972 Review.

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