The University of Michigan School of Public Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars  present the symposium: Mass Incarceration & Its Effects on Population Health & Health Disparities.

An impressive body of research has documented the connection between skyrocketing rates of incarceration and the concurrent growth of social inequality in the US. New research at the intersection of mass incarceration and population health suggests that incarceration affects the health, not only of ex-prisoners, but of their families and broader communities. Yet these findings rarely enter the population health and health disparities discourse. Through presentations and panel discussions, the event will address the important but overlooked link between racialized mass incarceration and racial disparities in health.  Live Webcast Available http://www.sph.umich.edu/rwjhssp/symposium/webcast.html